Intellectual Property Rights Notice, Disclaimer and Conditions of Use for HKO Website

Intellectual Property Rights Notice

All contents contained in this website, including but not limited to all data, maps, text, graphics, drawings, diagrams, photographs, videos and compilation of data or other materials (the “Materials”) are subject to the intellectual property rights which are either owned by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Government”) or have been licensed to the Government by the intellectual property rights’ owner(s) of the Materials to deal with such Materials for all the purposes contemplated on this website. The use of the Materials for non-commercial purposes shall comply with all terms and conditions provided in the This link will open in a new windowConditions of the Use of Materials available on the Hong Kong Observatory Website for Non-commercial Purposes which can be found at here. Besides, the use of the Materials for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited unless all the conditions provided in the This link will open in a new windowConditions of the Use of Materials available on the Hong Kong Observatory Website for Commercial Purposes (which can be found at here) are complied with and prior written authorisation is obtained from the Hong Kong Observatory (the “Observatory”) for and on behalf of the Government. For enquiries, please contact the Observatory by email (mailbox@hko.gov.hk) or by facsimile (+852 2311 9448) or by post.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this website is compiled by the Observatory of the Government for general information only. Whilst the Government endeavours to ensure the accuracy of this general information, the Government (including its servants and agents) makes no warranty, statement or representation, express or implied, with respect to the accuracy, availability, completeness, non-infringement, reliability, security, timeliness, appropriateness or usefulness of the information, contained herein, and in so far as permitted by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, shall not have any legal liability (including but not limited to liability for negligence), obligation or responsibility for any loss, destruction, damages, injury or death (save and to the extent any such injury or death is caused by the negligence of the Government or any of its employees in the course of employment) howsoever arising out of or in connection with any use or misuse of or reliance on the information or inability to use such information.

The Government does not warrant or represent that any information transmitted from this website is free of computer viruses. You are advised to perform virus scanning before using the information. The Government shall not be held liable for any loss, destruction or damages howsoever arising out of or in relation to any transmission from this website over the Internet.

The Government reserves the right to omit, delete, suspend or edit, all information compiled by the Government in this website at any time in its absolute discretion without giving any reason or prior notice. Users are responsible for making their own assessment of all information contained in this website and are advised to verify such information by making reference, for example, to original publications and obtaining independent advice before acting upon it.

This website adopts web accessibility design and conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standard. Individual less commonly used webpages with archive materials may not incorporate all the accessibility features. You are welcome to contact us by email (mailbox@hko.gov.hk) if you wish to acquire the information in a more accessible format.