Unless otherwise indicated, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Government") is the owner of the copyright in all contents available on GovHK, including but not limited to all text, graphics, drawing, diagrams, photographs and compilation of data or other materials.

To encourage wider distribution of the contents contained in GovHK, you can, for any non-commercial purpose, freely browse, display, download and print in their original format any materials on this website where the Government is the owner of the copyright in such materials, provided that you give proper attribution to the Government or GovHK and reproduce this Copyright Notice in all copies. The Government reserves all rights that are not expressly granted in this Notice. The prior written consent of the Government is required if you want to use the aforesaid materials in any way other than that permitted above. Such requests should be addressed to the GovHK Joint Management Team via email at jmt@ogcio.gov.hk.

For the avoidance of doubt, the permission in the paragraph above does not extend to any materials on the linked websites or any contents on GovHK, the copyright of which belongs to a third party. Authorisation or permission to use such contents would need to be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

The Government will not have or accept any liability, obligation or responsibility whatsoever for any loss, destruction or damage (including without limitation consequential loss, destruction or damage) however arising from or in respect of any use or misuse of or reliance on the contents delivered on or via GovHK.

This Copyright Notice 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.

August 2007