GovHK, the one-stop portal for information and services provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Government"), provides recommended webpages for your website to build hyperlink(s) to for any non-commercial purpose. A hyperlink in "Linking to GovHK" is defined as an electronic connection between your website and GovHK which links to GovHK's recommended webpage(s) instead of any kinds of deep linking or inline linking.

Prior consent is not required provided that hyperlink(s) from your website leads only to any of the recommended GovHK webpages for hyperlinks ("recommended pages"), and that no content of GovHK is loaded into a frame on your website.

• Recommended GovHK webpages for hyperlinks
  http://www.gov.hk/en/about/linkpolicy/recommendedwebpages.htm

Since there may be more frequent changes in content and URLs on pages not within the list of recommended pages ("non-recommended pages"), we recommend that you build hyperlink(s) to the recommended pages only. Also, non-recommended pages may contain materials where GovHK is not the owner of the relevant intellectual property rights and is only a licensee to use in GovHK. Therefore you may need to seek separate approval from the owners holding the intellectual property rights for the related content. Please refer to GovHK's Copyright Notice.

• Copyright Notice
  http://www.gov.hk/en/about/copyright.htm

If you need to link to any pages other than the recommended pages in GovHK, please contact the GovHK Joint Management Team via email at jmt@ogcio.gov.hk ( mailto:jmt@ogcio.gov.hk ).

By linking to GovHK, you are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions on the application and usage of such hyperlink(s). The Government does not permit a website to hyperlink to GovHK if it contains material which is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene, or is in any way in breach of the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or infringes any intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright and moral rights). The Government may, at its absolute discretion, request any websites to remove any hyperlink to GovHK at any time.

Websites with hyperlinks to GovHK should not seek to associate GovHK or the Government with themselves or their owners, or suggest any endorsement or approval by GovHK or the Government of the content or the owner of the websites. The Government is not responsible for the set-up of any hyperlinks from other websites to any GovHK webpages or for the accuracy of the content of such third party websites. By the set-up of such hyperlinks, the Government shall not be deemed to approve or endorse any websites or cooperate with any third party. The Government is not responsible for any consequences arising out of or in connection with such hyperlinks.

This "Linking to GovHK" has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.

Look for the text, graphics and source codes below for creating hyperlink(s) to GovHK.

• Text & graphic links to GovHK
  http://www.gov.hk/en/about/linkpolicy/textandgraphiclinks.htm

If you have any questions about linking to GovHK or would like to link to a particular GovHK webpage other than the recommended list, please contact the GovHK Joint Management Team via email at jmt@ogcio.gov.hk ( mailto:jmt@ogcio.gov.hk ).

August 2007