Terms of Use

1. Definition

   "Airport" means Hong Kong International Airport;

   "Authority", "we", "our" or "us" means the Airport Authority, details of which may be found on the HKIA Website;

   Content" means all information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or any other materials displayed on or available through this Website;

   "User" or "you" means any person who accesses this Website;

   "User or you" means any person who accesses this website;

   "HKIA Website" means the Hong Kong International Airport website (established at the URL www.hongkongairport.com).

2. Acceptance of Terms of Use

   Welcome to the Authority's HKIA Landscape Website ("this Website"). This Website provides you with access to information about the airport landscape, including our plant collection, the viewing guides for airport blooms and links to other organisations' websites ("Linked Websites"). It may from time to time also provide channels for you to contact us. You agree to be bound by these Terms of Use upon your access and use of this Website.

3. Privacy Policy

   For information about our treatment of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

4. Information available through this website

   This Website is provided by us on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no representation or warranty, whether express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Content available on this Website or the Linked Websites. We are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from or in connection with the use of or reliance on such Content or any of your dealings with any operators of the Linked Websites. For further details, please refer to our Disclaimer.

5. Copyright

   The Content available on this Website is our or (if applicable) our licensees' (as applicable) property and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You are not allowed to modify, publish, transmit, redistribute, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, in whole or in part, without our prior approval.

6. User's Conduct

   (Applicable where posting or transmission of any material or data onto this Website is possible or technically enabled) You agree that you are solely responsible for any material of whatever nature you post or transmit onto this Website. In particular, you agree not to:

   1. post or transmit any material that is unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, invasive of another's privacy or racially or ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
   2. post or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material, or chain letters, pyramid schemes or junk mails;
   3. post or transmit any material which infringes any intellectual property rights of any third party or any material which you do not have the right to disclose;
   4. post or transmit any material which contains any computer viruses or any computer codes, files or programmes designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunication equipment;
   5. "stalk" or otherwise harass another; or
   6. collect or store personal data about another User.
7. Limitation of Liability

   You specifically agree that we are not responsible or liable for any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive or illegal content or conduct of any other party or any infringement of another's rights, including intellectual property rights. You also expressly agree that access to and use of this Website is at your own risk. Furthermore, no representation or warranty is made by us regarding:

   1. the availability of this Website or that it will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be corrected; or
   2. this Website being free of computer viruses or other harmful elements.

   Our entire liability and your exclusive remedy with respect to this Website or otherwise is the re-performance of any defective service, being at present, providing access to this Website. In jurisdictions which do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain types of liability, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

8. Indemnity

   You agree to indemnify us and our directors, officers, agents and employees, holding them harmless from and against any losses, claims, liabilities, damages, demands, costs and expenses (including legal fees on an indemnity basis) arising from your breach of these Terms of Use and / or your use of this Website.

9. Modifications of Terms of Use

   These Terms of Use may be changed from time to time. Any change made to these Terms of Use will be posted on this Website. Your continued use of this Website after any such posting constitutes your conclusive acceptance of the revised Terms of Use.

10. General Provision

    In the event of inconsistency between the English and Chinese versions of these Terms of Use, the English version shall prevail.

11. Governing laws and jurisdiction

    These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Hong Kong and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.