Please read these terms and conditions carefully. A reference to this "website" is to websites owned and/or operated by Singapore Press Holdings Limited ("SPH") including but not limited to the information, text, images, links, sound, graphics and video sequences displayed therein (the "Materials").

By accessing this website and any pages thereof, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions below, do not access this site or any pages thereof.

1. No Warranty for the website and/or the Materials

1.1 1 This website and the Materials are provided "as is", "as available". SPH does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of this website and/or the Materials and expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Materials. No warranty of any kind, implied, express or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, satisfactory quality and/or fitness for a particular purpose, is given in conjunction with the Materials and/or this website.

1.2 SPH does not warrant that any of the Materials or that this website will be provided uninterrupted or free from errors or that any identified defect will be corrected; further, no warranty is given that this website and the Materials are free from any virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, programme or macro.

2. Intellectual Property

2.1 Copyright

The copyright in this website is owned by SPH or its licensors. No part or parts hereof may be reproduced, distributed, adapted, modified, republished, displayed, broadcast, hyperlinked, framed or transmitted in any manner or by any means or stored in an information retrieval system without the prior written permission of SPH. However, you may download and print the Materials on this website for personal, non-commercial use only provided you do not modify the Materials and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials. You also may not, without the permission of SPH, insert a hyperlink to this website on any other website or "mirror" any Material contained on this website on any other server.

2.2 Trade Marks

The trade marks, service marks and logo (the "Trade Marks") used and displayed on this website are registered and unregistered Trade Marks of SPH , its subsidiaries or its licensors. Nothing on this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Trade Marks displayed on this website, without the written permission of SPH. SPH and its subsidiaries aggressively enforces its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law. The name of SPH , AsiaOne or the Trade Marks may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to the distribution of Materials on this website, without prior written permission of SPH. SPH prohibits use of the Trade Marks as a "hot" link or inlink to any SPH site or any other site unless establishment of such a link is approved in advance by SPH in writing.

3. Non-confidentiality

You agree that all information and/or particulars sent or submitted by you to SPH in relation to the access of this website is non-confidential and non-proprietary unless otherwise expressly indicated by you. You further undertake not to submit any information and/or other materials which are or may be offensive, illegal or which may not be lawfully disseminated under the laws of Singapore or any other relevant country.

4. Exclusion of liability

SPH shall in no event be liable for any damages, loss or expense including without limitation, direct, indirect, special, or consequential damage, or economic loss arising from or in connection with:

(1) any access, use or the inability to access or use this website, or reliance on the Materials and/or any information in this website;

(2) any system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption, delay in transmission, or computer virus; and

(3) any use of or access to any other website linked to this website,

even if SPH or its agents or employees are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses and/or expenses. Any hyperlinks to any other websites are not an endorsement or verification of such websites and such websites should only be accessed at the user's own risks. This exclusion clause shall take effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5. Governing Law

By accessing this website, you agree that Singapore law, including without limitation the provisions of the Singapore Evidence Act (Chapter 97) and the Electronic Transactions Act (No 25. of 1998), shall govern such access as well as the above terms and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.

6. Third Parties Rights

No person shall have any right pursuant to the Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Act 2001 to enforce any of the above terms and conditions.

The reference to a person, in this clause includes any individual, company, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, organisation, trust, state or agency of a state (in each case, whether or not having separate legal personality).