Terms and Conditions of Use
1. The information provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region ("the Government") on the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or
Market Towns, only shows the boundaries for the Rural Representative Election (or its
by-election) but has no other digital data such as the map base, topographic map database
and digital land boundary database. The information is for general reference only and is
not intended to be relied upon. No statement, representation or warranty, express or
implied, is given by the Government as to its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness
for use in any particular circumstances. The Government shall not be liable for any errors,
omissions, misstatements or misrepresentations (express or implied), concerning any
Information, and shall not have or accept any liability, obligation or responsibility
whatsoever for any loss, destruction or damage (including without limitation consequential
loss, destruction or damage) howsoever arising from or in respect of using, misusing,
inability to use, or relying on the Information.
2. The Government does not warrant or represent that the
shapefile of boundary of Existing
Villages and/or Market Towns or, any Information or any electronic data or information
transmitted from the Government to users through
shapefile of boundary of Existing
Villages and/or Market Towns is free of computer viruses. You are advised to perform
virus scanning before using the Information. The Government shall not be liable for any
loss, destruction or damage arising out of or in relation to any transmission from users to
the Government or vice versa over the internet.
3. The Government shall not be responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of
or in connection with the Information. The Government reserves the right to revise, omit,
suspend or edit the Information at any time in its absolute discretion without giving any
reason or prior notice to users. Before acting upon the Information, users are:
(i)
responsible for making their own assessment of the Information;
(ii)
advised to verify the Information by making reference, for example, to original
publications, other relevant documentation and site situation; and
(iii)
advised to obtain independent advice from relevant professionals.
4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing on or provided via the
shapefile
of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns shall constitute, give rise to or
otherwise imply any endorsement, approval or recommendation on the Government's part
of any third party, be it a provider of goods or services or otherwise.
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5. The Government does not undertake to provide any updated version of the Information and
reserves the right to suspend the provision of the Information at any time. No warranty,
condition, undertaking or term expressed or implied is given or assumed by the
Government.
6. The Government shall not be responsible to install the Data or provide any training in the
use of Data and gives no warranty that the data can be processed on the Computer
Configuration.
7. The Government reserves all rights that are not expressly granted in this Terms and
Conditions.
Use of Information on the shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns
8.
(a) You are permitted for academic research and/or analysis/ study purpose
to use, copy and print in their original format any Information on the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns,
provided that:
(i) the user agrees not to make any change to or deletion of author
attribution, trademark, legend, intellectual property rights notice or
terms and conditions of use and give proper attribution to the
Government and the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages
and/or Market Towns; and
(ii) the user shall identify clearly the source of the Information and
acknowledge the Government ownership of the intellectual
property rights in the Information in all copies thereof including but
not limited to paper copies, digital copies and copies placed on
websites.
(b) Organizations or institutions who wish to use any Information on the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns for
academic research and/or analysis/ study purpose must comply with the
requirements set out in paragraph 8(a)(i) and (ii) above and provide
relevant valid information before copying or printing any Information
on the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns.
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(c) The prior written consent of the Government ("Permission") is required
before the use of the Information in any way other than the permitted
use for academic research and/or analysis/ study purpose and such
Permission may be subject to additional terms and conditions which
may include the requirements set out in paragraph 8(a)(i) and (ii) above
and may be subject to additional fee.
9. The Information of the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns
shall all be destroyed after the completion of the academic research and/or analysis/ study
project.
10. Should there be any infringement of property right of the Information of the
shapefile of
boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns, the user is liable to compensate
the Government for any loss and damage.
Intellectual Property Rights
11. Unless otherwise indicated, the Government is the owner of the intellectual property rights
in all contents available on the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns, including but not limited to all Information.
12. The Government reserves all rights that are not expressly granted in the Terms and
Conditions of Use. For the avoidance of doubt, the permission given in paragraph 8
above does not extend to any Information that are contributed by a third party as identified
and acknowledged in the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns. If you intend to reproduce, distribute or otherwise use any Information that is
contributed by a third party, you shall obtain all necessary authorization or permission from
such third party.
13. The Government remains the owner of the Data at all times. The user shall not copy or
otherwise infringe any intellectual property rights the Government may have in the data,
whether in whole or in part.
14. Prior written consent must be obtained from the Government before the user is permitted
to incorporate the Data (or any part thereof, whether on hard copy in digital form or in any
other form) in any product (in whatever media) for distribution to any third party, with or
without charges.
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Governing Law
15. The Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. You also agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.
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enquiries, please give a call to Rural Representative Election Hotline of Home Affairs
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