Hong Kong Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION (FLIGHT PROHIBITION) ORDER - SECT 3

Flight restriction

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no aircraft may at any time fly over
the Prohibition Area at a prescribed altitude.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to-

   (a)  any aircraft that flies over the Prohibition Area at a
        prescribed altitude in accordance with the air traffic control
        instructions or Civil Aviation Department published approach and
        departure procedures, or in deviation from such instructions or
        procedures for weather avoidance or due to technical problems;

   (b)  any aircraft that flies over the Prohibition Area at a
        prescribed altitude for the purposes of fire fighting or prevention,
        life-saving, casualty evacuation or police operations; or

   (c)  any aircraft of the Government Flying Service that flies over the
        Prohibition Area at a prescribed altitude, if-

        (i)    the cloud ceiling is less than 1600 feet over Mui Wo at all
               times during the period when the aircraft flies over the
               Prohibition Area; and

        (ii)   the movement of the aircraft over the Prohibition Area is
               limited to the airspace above the area north of the Penny's Bay
               Power Station as shown in the plan numbered AN(FP)1, dated and
               signed by the Director-General of Civil Aviation and deposited
               at the Headquarters of the Civil Aviation Department. (L.N. 326
               of 2000)

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2), the Chief Executive may, having
regard to the frequency and nature of flight by individual aircraft and the
safety and regularity of air traffic, give instructions to exempt the aircraft
from subsection (1) subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit.