Terms of Use

1. All business transacted by Hong Kong Graphics & Printing Limited and its subsidiaries (hereafter called "the Company") shall be subject to the terms and conditions listed here except where any variation is agreed to in writing by the Company at the outset.
   
2. The legal and equitable title of any goods manufactured and supplied by the Company shall pass to the buyer only on receipt by the Company of the contract price and any addition or variation thereof howsoever arising provided always that the risk in respect of such goods shall in all cases pass to and be borned by the buyer at the date of the Company's Invoice.
   
3. It is the duty of the buyer and / or his agent to examine the goods immediately on receipt and all claims shall be notified to the Company within 72 hours and by writing to and causing it to be received by the Company within 10 days of the buyer taking possession. If notificatioon is not received by the Company with these periods the Company shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of such claim and in any event the liability of the Company shall be limited at our discretion. In the event of non-delivery the buyer shall give to and cause to be received by the Company and our carrier, written notice of such non-delivery within seven days of receipt of invoice referring to the said goods.
   
4. Where the Company has dispatched goods in accordance with the buyer's orders those goods or any part thereof shall not be returned to returned to the Company's premises without the full written agreement of the Company.
   
5. Prices, estimates, specifications and materials shall be subject to alternation by the Company without prior notification or agreement. Orders are accepted on condition that the Official Order corresponds with the specification as quoted.
   
6. Delivery dates, schedules if given, are approximate and the Company will make reasonable efforts to honour such dates. The Company will not be liable in any circumstances for consequences of any delay in the delivery of failure to deliver. No delay shall entitle the buyer to reject any delivery of any order or to cancel or repudiate any contract. The Customer shall not be entitled to reject any delivery by reasion of short delivery. 
   
7. The Company will make every effort to supply and deliver the correct quantites of manufactured items. Orders are accpeted on the understanding that a tolerance of +/- 5% shall be deemed accepatable to both parties.
   
8. Materials supplied by the Customers, final film, paper and other property may be subject to rejection and replacement if they appear to us to be unsuitable. Any resultant costs incurred by the Company with regard to replacement, time loss, planning, plate-making and machine make-ready may be charged to the Customer.
   
9. Proofs and Ozalids are provided for the Customer for the express purpose of colour correction and finding and correction mistakes. Any subsequent mistakes found in the printed items produced from the final film agreed as correct by the Customer shall be the sole responsibility of the Customer and any resultant addtional costs shall be borne by them.
   
10. Payment Terms for customers with agreed credit accounts are 30 days i.e. payments for goods supplied must be received by the Company 30 days after the date of the invoice, unless otherwise agreed and stated in writing. Orders for customers who do not have an agreed credit account will only be accepted against pre-payment in full. Orders invoiced on pro-forma basis will be held pending for six weeks and will thereafter be cancelled if payment is not received. The Company reserves the right to charge interest on overdue payments at the rate of 2% above the base lending rate of the HSBC Bank plc at the time of invoicing, and to recover from the Customer all expenses (including legal costs) incurred by the Company in obtaining payment on overdue accounts. The Company reserves the right to withold further supplies in the event of credit limit or period being exceed, or the Customer being in breach of these terms and conditions. All financial settlements should be made accorrding to the currency stated on the invoice.