Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Initial report

Where permission to enter the waters of Hong Kong has been granted under
regulation 6A(3), the master of a vessel in respect of that permission whose
vessel is on a course to enter those waters from sea or river trade  waters,
as the case may be, shall, when that vessel is in the vicinity of the
seaward limits of the vessel traffic service coverage, report the following
information to the vessel traffic centre on the VHF channel appropriate to the
VHF sector into which that vessel is to enter those waters-

   (a)  the name of the vessel;

   (b)  the call sign of that vessel;

   (c)  the national colours of that vessel;

   (d)  any material changes to information (if any) provided in accordance
        with regulation 6A;

   (e)  the present location of that vessel; and

   (f)  any other information as may be required by the vessel traffic 
        centre. (L.N. 408 of 1994)