Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Listening watch on radiotelephone

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the master of every vessel that is within the
waters of Hong Kong shall maintain continuous listening watch on the
radiotelephone on board the vessel on the VHF channel appropriate to the
VHF sector in which the vessel is presently located in those waters.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply when-

   (a)  transmission by the master of the vessel on that channel is in
        progress;

   (b)  permission is granted by the vessel traffic centre to the master of
        the vessel to transmit on another channel, in which event the
        listening watch on the radiotelephone shall be maintained continuously
        on that other channel, except when transmission by the master of the
        vessel on that other channel is in progress; or

   (c)  permission is granted by the vessel traffic centre to the master of a
        vessel to suspend the listening watch on the radiotelephone. (L.N. 408
        of 1994)