Famous floating Hong Kong restaurant is towed away

The restaurant received more than 30 million guests since its establishment in 1976.

Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant is towed away (Kin Cheung/AP)

A landmark floating restaurant that fed Cantonese cuisine and seafood to the Queen, Tom Cruise and millions of other diners has been towed from Hong Kong’s harbour.

The parent company of Jumbo Floating Restaurant could not find a new owner and lacked funds to maintain it after months of Covid-19 restrictions.