Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6

Radiotelephone communication

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any VHF radiotelephone communication required to be made under this Part
shall, so far as practicable, be communicated in accordance with the Radio
Regulations.

(2) Any VHF radiotelephone communication made by the master of a vessel shall
be communicated to the vessel traffic centre and identified
by the call sign "MARDEP" or "MARDEP, HONG KONG".

(3) Any VHF radiotelephone communication made by the master of a vessel within
any VHF sector described in column 2 of the First Schedule shall be
communicated on the VHF channel specified opposite thereto in column 1 of that
Schedule.

(4) No intership VHF radiotelephone communication shall be made by any person
in the waters of Hong Kong except in accordance with section 10 of the
Telecommunications Ordinance ( Cap 106). (36 of 2000 s. 28) (L.N. 408 of 1994)