Terms of Use
Terms governing the use of the Singapore Opportunity Index website
1. General
1.1 The Singapore Opportunity Index is a benchmarking tool that evaluates and showcases how top companies perform in human capital development. By measuring organisations' effectiveness in developing their workforce, the index provides valuable insights into best practices in human capital management.
1.2 By accessing and using any part of www.singaporeopportunityindex.sg (“Website”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and any additional terms and conditions referenced to and hyperlinked herein (“Terms”), which form a binding agreement between you and us, and which govern your access and use of the Website and all materials, information and content contained in or located on the Website (including the Website’s source codes, pages, documents, editorial content, online graphics, images and user interface) and all services offered on the Website (collectively, the “Contents”)). For the avoidance of doubt, the Contents shall not include the contents of any third-party websites, applications and subsequent links hyperlinked on the Website but which are not maintained or operated by us. If you do not accept any of these Terms, please discontinue your access immediately.
1.3 We shall have the right to change these Terms from time to time for any reason. The amended Terms will be posted on the Website and shall be effective immediately. Your access or use of the Website after the amended Terms have been posted shall constitute your acceptance and agreement to be bound by the amended Terms. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to “Terms” on this page shall include such Terms as amended pursuant to this clause.
1.4 These Terms are subject to the Privacy Statement and you agree to be bound by the Privacy Statement.
1.5 In these Terms:
a. "we", "our" and "us" shall refer to the Government of the Republic of Singapore as represented by the Ministry of Manpower.
b. “Losses” means all liabilities, losses, damages, actions, claims, demands, costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis and experts’ and consultants’ fees), settlement sums and sums paid in satisfaction of court, arbitral or expert award.
2. Access to this Website
2.1 You can browse, view and use parts of the Website. We may at any time alter, suspend, or discontinue the Website, any of the Contents, and/or access to any part of the Website, for any period of time without any prior notice and without ascribing any reason. The Website may also periodically become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or for other reasons.
2.2 You confirm that you are aware of and acknowledge that we shall have no liability in respect of such potential alteration, suspension, discontinuance, unavailability and/or removal.
3. Use of this Website
3.1 You represent, warrant and covenant that you will not harass any users of the Digital Service.
3.2 We shall have the right to make changes to document names and content, descriptions or specifications of products or services, or other information without obligation to issue any notice of such changes.
3.3 We shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor content submitted through or posted on the Website, to determine compliance with these Terms and any other applicable rules that we may establish, from time to time. We have the right in our sole discretion to edit or remove any material submitted to or posted in any online discussion forum provided through our Website.
4. Security
4.1 You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information, software, and equipment, and for all activities that occur on or through the Website, including without limitation clearing your Internet browser or mobile device's cookies and cache before and after accessing or using any services on the Website.
5. Hyperlinks from this Website to other websites
5.1 The Website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites, applications and subsequent links which are not operated or controlled by us. We do not make any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of any such third-party websites, applications and subsequent links, and shall not be responsible for their content. We shall not be responsible or liable to you or any other person for any Losses arising from access to or use of the contents of the third-party websites, applications or subsequent links.
5.2 You acknowledge and agree that hyperlinks to other websites are provided as a convenience to you and may be removed or replaced by us at any time at our sole discretion without any prior notice, and you shall not hold us liable in any way for any such removal or replacement of a hyperlink.
5.3 Under no circumstances shall we be considered to have endorsed any website to which we have provided hyperlinks or to be associated or affiliated in any manner whatsoever with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on such websites.
6. Hyperlinks from this Website to other websites
6.1 Except as set forth below, caching and hyperlinking to, and the framing of this Website or any of the Contents are prohibited.
6.2 You must secure written permission from us prior to hyperlinking to, or framing, the Website or any of the Contents, or engaging in similar activities. We shall have the right to impose conditions when permitting any hyperlinking to, or framing of the Website or any of the Contents.
6.3 Your hyperlinking to, or framing of, this Website or any of the Contents shall constitute acceptance of these Terms and agreement to comply with all conditions of our permission (if any). If you do not accept these Terms, you shall discontinue hyperlinking to, or framing of, this Website or any of the Contents.
6.4 Under no circumstances shall we be considered to have endorsed any website to which this Website or the Contents is hyperlinked or framed or to be associated or affiliated in any manner whatsoever with any trade or service marks, logos, insignia or other devices used or appearing on websites that hyperlink to and frame the Website or any of the Contents.
6.5 We shall have the right to object to and/or disable any hyperlinks to or framing of the Website or the Contents at any time without ascribing any reason, and without any liability to any person. If we object to any hyperlinking to or framing of the Website or the Contents, you shall remove such hyperlink or frame within 7 days of your receipt of our written notice.
6.6 We shall also have the right to change the URL of the Website or any part of it at any time without any prior notice without ascribing any reason, and without liability to any person.
7. Intellectual Property
7.1 The Website and the Contents are owned by or licensed to us and are protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws including without limitation copyright and trademark laws.
7.2 You will not reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, communicate to the public, create derivative works from or otherwise use and exploit any part of the Website or the Contents except as permitted by us.
8. Disclaimer and Indemnity
8.1 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we hereby disclaim all express, implied, and/or statutory representations or warranties of any kind to you or any other person, however arising and whether arising from usage or custom or trade or by operation of law or otherwise, including without limitation:
a. any representation or warranty that the Website, its Contents and functions available on the Website shall be error-free or shall be available without interruption or delay, or that any defects will be rectified or corrected or that the Website, its Contents and its hosting servers are and will be free of all viruses, other malicious codes, programmes or macros and/or other harmful elements;
b. any representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, timeliness, currency, quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the Website and its Contents. In particular, you agree that:
i. the Website and its Contents are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and the entire risk arising out of the use of the Website and its Contents remains with you at all times;
ii. we are not obliged to update or correct any inaccuracies in any Contents;
iii. the Contents do not constitute financial, legal or other professional advice and you are not entitled to rely upon the accuracy or completeness of the Contents and shall rely solely upon your own investigations; and
iv. before relying on the Contents, you shall conduct your own due diligence investigation and obtain such financial, legal and/or other professional advice as you deem necessary and prudent.
8.2 We shall not be responsible or liable to you or any other person in any way for any and all Losses howsoever arising directly or indirectly in connection with:
a. your access or use of or reliance on the Website and/or its Contents, including without limitation, any errors or omissions in relation to the Contents, or any information, data, software or other material obtained from the Website;
b. your reliance on the Website, including without limitation any delay or interruption in transmission over the Internet or otherwise, or malfunction in equipment or software;
c. your inability to access or use, or any loss of access to or use of the Website, including without limitation, where caused by any system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption, delay in transmission or computer virus;
d. any unauthorised access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse by any person of the Website and/or its Contents; and
e. any breach, howsoever caused, to the security, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of any transaction and communication made through the Website.
8.3 You shall indemnify us and keep us fully indemnified against any and all Losses we may sustain, incur, pay or suffer arising out of or in connection with any act or omission on your part in connection with your access or use of the Website or its Contents .
9. Jurisdictional Issues
9.1 We do not make any representation that information on the Website is appropriate or available for use outside Singapore. Those who choose to access the Website from outside Singapore do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
10. Termination
10.1 We shall have all rights to deny or restrict access to the Website by any particular person, or to block access from a particular IP address to the Website, at any time, without ascribing any reasons whatsoever.
11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
11.1 These Terms shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of Singapore and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore Courts. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, the parties shall at first instance take reasonable efforts to settle and resolve such disputes in good faith and in an amicable manner by negotiation.
12. Rights of Third Parties
12.1 A person who is not a party to these Terms shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 to enforce any term of these Terms.
13. Assignment, Sub-Contract and Transfer
13.1 You must not assign your benefits, or sub-contract or transfer your obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent.