Thank you for visiting the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources’s website
(the “Site”).
By accessing and using any part of this Site, you unconditionally accept to be legally bound by these Terms of
Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Site.
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GENERAL
These Terms of Use may be changed from time to time. All changes will be posted on this
page, and your
use of this Site after such changes have been posted will constitute your unconditional agreement to the
modified Terms of Use and all of the changes. You should therefore read this page carefully each time
you visit the Site.
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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
This Site is the official Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources website. It
is owned, operated
and maintained by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (“MEWR”).
The materials located on this Site including the information and any software programs
(the “Contents”),
are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights. All rights, title and
interest in the Contents are owned by, licensed to or controlled by MEWR.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT
Please click here to review this Site’s Privacy Statement.
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RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF CONTENTS
Except as otherwise provided, the Contents of this Site shall not be reproduced,
republished, uploaded,
posted, transmitted or otherwise distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of
MEWR.
Subject to Clause 4.3, to use any parts of the Contents of this Site, the user must
seek permission in
writing, stating the:
Contents for use;
Intent of use;
Manner of use;
Time frame of use; and
Identity of the user.
MEWR reserves the right to refuse permission without declaring reason(s) and/or if the
information
submitted by the user is deemed insufficient.
You may use, hyperlink, copy and distribute the Contents solely for personal, internal,
non-commercial or
informational purposes only. You may download one copy of any information provided in this Site onto a
single computer for your own personal, non-commercial use provided that you keep intact all accompanying
copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not display, distribute or otherwise use any of the
Content for any commercial purpose unless you receive specific written consent from MEWR.
Modification of any of the Contents or use of the Contents without MEWR’s written
permission or for
any other purpose outside the scope of MEWR’s permission will be a violation of MEWR’s
copyright and other intellectual property rights. Graphics and images on this Site are protected by
copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without the prior written permission
of MEWR.
The design and layout of this website is protected by intellectual property and other
laws and may not be
copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound, image or search engine from this
website may be copied or transmitted unless expressly permitted by MEWR.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
The Contents of this Site are provided on an “as is” basis without
warranties of any kind.
While MEWR has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information contained in this website has
been obtained from reliable sources, MEWR shall not be responsible for any errors or omissions, or for
the results obtained from the use of such information.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, MEWR does not warrant and hereby disclaims any
warranty:
- as to the accuracy, correctness, reliability, timeliness, non-infringement, title, merchantability
or fitness for any particular purpose of the Contents of this Site; and
- that the Contents available through this Site or any functions associated therewith will be
uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected or that this Site and the server is
and will be free of all viruses and/or other harmful elements.
MEWR shall also not be liable for any damage or loss of any kind howsoever caused as a
result (direct or
indirect) of the use of the Site, including but not limited to any damage or loss suffered as a result
of reliance on the Contents contained in or available from the Site.
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RIGHT OF ACCESS
MEWR reserves all rights to deny or restrict access to this Site to any particular
person, or to block
access from a particular Internet address to this Site, at any time, without ascribing any reasons
whatsoever.
You unconditionally agree that you will not:
- use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy any pages within
this website or the Contents without MEWR’s prior written permission;
- use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of
this Site; or
- take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on MEWR’s
servers.
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LINKS FROM THIS SITE TO OTHER WEBSITES
This Site contains hyperlinks to websites which are not maintained by MEWR nor
controlled by MEWR. MEWR
shall not be responsible for the contents of these websites and shall not be liable for any damages or
loss arising from access to those websites. Use of the hyper-links and access to such websites are
entirely at your own risk. All hyperlinks to other websites are provided as a convenience to you as a
user of the Site. The inclusion of any hyperlink shall not imply the endorsement by MEWR of the
hyperlinked website. In no circumstances shall MEWR be considered to be associated or affiliated in
whatever manner with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on
websites to which this Site is linked.
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LINKS TO THIS SITE FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Except as set forth below, caching and links to, and the framing of this Site or any of
the Contents are
prohibited: Linking to the Homepage: You may link to the Homepage of this Site, upon notifying MEWR in
writing. Hyperlinking to an internal page of this Site: You must make a specific request for, and secure
permission from MEWR prior to hyperlinking to, or framing, this Site or any of the Contents, or engaging
in similar activities. MEWR reserves the right to impose conditions when permitting any hyperlinking to,
or framing of this Site or any of the Contents. Your linking to, or your framing of this Site or any of
the Contents will constitute acceptance of these Terms of Use. This is deemed to be the case even after
the posting of any changes or modifications to these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of
Use, you must discontinue linking to, or framing of this Site or any of the Contents. Under no
circumstances shall MEWR be considered to be associated or affiliated in whatever manner with any trade
or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on websites that link to this Site
or any of the Contents. MEWR reserves all rights to disable any links to, or frames of any site
containing inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topics, names,
material or information, or material or information that violates any written law, any applicable
intellectual property, proprietary, privacy or publicity rights. MEWR reserves the right to disable any
unauthorised links or frames and disclaims any responsibility for the content available on any other
website reached by links to or from this Site or any of the Contents.
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GOVERNING LAW
These Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Republic of Singapore.