2-595: The Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre ( HKMRCC ) is responsible for coordinating air-sea rescue in Hong Kong and an extensive area of the South China Sea . Besides the territorial waters of Hong Kong, the area includes international waters lying to the north of latitude 10° north, to the west of longitude 120° east, and bounded by mainland China , Vietnam , the Philippines and Taiwan . The area covered
4-631: Is known as the Hong Kong Maritime Search and Rescue Region . The MRCC is a co-ordination centre and neither possesses nor has direct command over search and rescue (SAR) resources. Its role is to co-ordinate all available SAR resources to perform a maritime search and rescue mission. In doing this it may call on the resources of: For administrative purposes, the MRCC forms part of the Hong Kong Marine Department. This article about
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