Lastly the Shatin Lands Office stated that the construction of an underwater sewage pipe in the Shing Mun River would hamper the large vessel's ability to manoeuvre out of the channel in the future.

[2] In its 21 years in Hong Kong, the first restaurant operated in eight locations, including the area in front of a mansion called Windermere (also called Ho Tung Lau), Sai Lam Temple, Lek Yuen, and the current site of the Sha Tin Jockey Club Swimming Pool.

[4] The restaurant, lit up at night and reflected in the still water of the Shing Mun River, has long been a local landmark of Shatin.

A 1992 review in the South China Morning Post described it as "a hulking concrete pile that sits firmly in Sha Tin's river like a barge designed by Hollywood showmen Louis B. Mayer and Sam Goldwyn on a drunken dare [...] so electrically dazzling its sheer candle power could light the way into Kai Tak.

Gaudy beyond belief, the main dining rooms' crystal chandeliers are worthy of Versailles, and the stone sculptures and pagoda towers could easily sink an ocean liner.