THE owner of Hong Kong's famous trio of floating restaurants has made a $15 million commitment to keep seafood cholera-free.
Shun Tak Holdings has contracted an Australian company to install a treatment plant at its Jumbo Restaurant complex.
The company wants to minimise the chance of a cholera outbreak similar to the one that hit Hong Kong last summer when water from the Aberdeen typhoon shelter was found to have been used to hold live fish in restaurant tanks.
'Fresh water for keeping livestock will be recycled and treated,' said Anthony Chan, Shun Tak's director.
'I doubt if there is any other seafood restaurant in Hong Kong that has even started to think about such a 'keep-clean' project to safeguard the health of its customers.' Shun Tak Holdings, a sponsor of this year's fourth-annual Business and Industry Environment Conference, is active in shipping, property and hospitality industries.
It owns three Chinese floating restaurants berthed in the Aberdeen typhoon shelter. These include the 2,300-seat Jumbo, the 1,500-seat Jumbo Palace and the 1,000-seat Tai Pak.
