Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY GARBAGE) REGULATION - SECT 4

Disposal of garbage within Special Areas

(1) The disposal of garbage other than food wastes from a ship into the sea
within a Special Area is prohibited.

(2) The disposal of food wastes from a ship into the sea within a Special Area
is prohibited except where it is made as far as practicable, and in any case
not less than 12 miles, from the nearest land. (Enacted 1995)