Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW ACCOMMODATION) REGULATION - SECT 23

Furniture and fittings in sleeping rooms

(1) Every sleeping room shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure
reasonable comfort for the occupants and to facilitate tidiness.

(2) Sleeping rooms shall be provided with the following minimum equipment-

   (a)  for each occupant of the room-

        (i)    a clothes locker or wardrobe which shall be at least 1.52
               metres high and have an internal sectional area of at least
               0.20 square metres; the locker or wardrobe shall be fitted with
               a shelf, a rod for clothes hangers and a secure lock or hasp
               for a padlock;

        (ii)   a drawer having a capacity of at least 0.056 cubic metres;

        (iii)  a comfortable seat; and

        (iv)   at least one coat hook in addition to any coat hooks which may
               be fitted in a locker or wardrobe;

   (b)  a table or desk or a sliding leaf or top fitted to a chest of drawers
        and suitable for writing at;

   (c)  a mirror, a cabinet for toilet requisites, a razor socket and strip
        light fixed on or adjacent to such mirror and cabinet;

   (d)  a book rack;

   (e)  a curtain, blind or jalousie for each sidescuttle or window;

   (f)  a curtain fitted to each berth, unless the room accommodates only one
        person; and

   (g)  (No provision)

   (h)  in ships of 5000 tons or over other than passenger ships, a washbasin,
        unless a washbasin is fitted in a private or semi-private  bathroom
        provided for the occupants of that sleeping room.

   (i)  (No provision)

(3) (No provision)

(4) In every sleeping room in which more than one rating is accommodated,
every drawer shall be fitted with a secure lock or hasp for a padlock.

(5) (No provision)

(6) Any of the equipment referred to in subsection (2)(a)(iii), (b) and (d)
may, instead of being provided in the officer's sleeping room, be provided in
a day room appropriated for his exclusive use.

(7) Any of the equipment referred to in subsection (2)(a) and (c) may, instead
of being provided in a sleeping room accommodating one seafarer, be provided
in a private bathroom appropriated for his use.

(8) (No provision)

(9) No locker intended to contain food shall be fitted in any sleeping room.
(Enacted 1995)