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Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the contents on Hospital Authority Corporate Website www.ha.org.hk (HACW) including all texts, graphics, videos, audio clips, drawings, diagrams, photographs, compilation of data, layout, and any other materials, belong to the Hospital Authority (HA) absolutely.

You may, for non-commercial purpose and to a reasonable extent, browse, display, download and print in their original format any material on HACW provided that you acknowledge and give proper attribution to the HA or the source of the material and you do not remove any copyright or intellectual property notice from any copy of such material. Such use must not be, for instance, for sale or for advertising, offering promoting or soliciting any business, trade goods and/or services for benefit, gain profit or reward. The above permission does not extend to any use of the logo of the HA, the use of which is subject to prior written consent from HA. The HA reserves all rights that are not expressly granted in this Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights notice and may in its sole discretion withdraw any permission at any time and against any person without prior notice. You should obtain the HA's prior written consent if you want to make use of the aforesaid materials in any way other than that permitted above. Please address all enquiries to the HA via email at enquiry@ha.org.hk.

The permission in the paragraph above does not extend to any materials on the linked websites or any contents on HACW where the copyright or intellectual property of which belongs to a third party. You should obtain authorisation or permission to use such contents from the concerned copyright or intellectual property right holders.

Any use of content from HACW must not suggest, indicate, represent or create confusion (or a likelihood thereof) as to any form of association, approval or endorsement on the part of HA.

Any use of content from HACW must not be connected with or for the purpose of anything which contains or links to any material which is libellous, defamatory, discriminatory, pornographic, obscene, or is in any way in breach of the laws of Hong Kong SAR or infringes any intellectual property rights, or is otherwise considered by the HA in its sole discretion to be undesirable or contrary to the HA's policy.

This Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights 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.

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