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General Advertising Contract
January 2010 - February 2011

Publisher
Sabah Tourism Board (the Publisher) is the authorised, official publisher of Sabah Malaysian Borneo Bulettin (SMBB). The publication is managed by Sabah Tourism’s wholly owned subsidiary, Sri Pelancongan Sabah Sdn Bhd (SPS).

General Policy
The Advertisers assume full and complete responsibility and liability for the contents of all advertising copy or artwork submitted, printed and published pursuant to this contract and for any claims arising therefrom made against the Publisher, SPS or SMBB. The Publisher, SPS or SMBB shall not be held responsible for errors in the published advertisement due to errors in the copy and/or artwork furnished by the Advertiser. In the event of any error in the published advertisement not due to the fault of the Advertiser, the liability of the Publisher, SPS or SMBB shall be limited to the refund of any rates paid by the Advertiser for that specific advertisement or a free placement of the advertisement in the following month’s publication. The Publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement which does not comply with the publication standards or the standards of the Sabah Tourism Board.

Advertising Deadlines
Artwork/Copy Due Date:
10th day of the month prior to month or issue of publication.

AD Specifications
Colour or Black & White are available. See Rate Schedules.

Advertisement Requirements
(Colour Films, Colour or Black & White Prints and Digital Files Accepted)
Full colour films: Please provide together with colour proof.
Black & White films: Positives accepted.
Colour/Black & White Prints: Laser print only.
Digital Files: Final file should include the images, fonts and final file in QuarkXpress
4.0, Pagemaker 6.5 and or Illustrator 8.0. Register, bleed, and trim marks must be indicated.
Bleed size should be minimum 0.3 cm.
Resolution should be minimum 300 dpi.
Disk format requirements: Files can be accepted in the following formats:
on Zip or CDrom, Pagemaker 6.5, Illustrator 8.0, Coreldraw 12.0, TIFFS, EPS, JPEGs and all fonts must be included.

Ad Placement Requirements
Advertising contract must by duly completed, signed and delivered to SPS prior to the placement of the advertisement. Artworks must be submitted on or before the due date for submission. Artworks will only be returned upon written request.

Payment Requirements
Full payment or two (2) months deposit is required upon signing of the General Advertising Contract. Advertisers will be invoiced on a monthly basis upon the placement of advertisement. Payments should be made in the name of Sri Pelancongan Sabah Sdn Bhd and are due and payable within 30 days from the invoice date. Sri Pelancongan Sabah Sdn Bhd reserves the right to initiate legal proceedings to claim for all payments due and payable for publication of advertisements and the Advertiser shall be held liable for all legal costs arising thereof.

Cancellations
Cancellations of ads called for in this contract will not be accepted after the announced contract dates for each issue covered by this contract. If an advertiser fails to provide artwork in time to meet the published deadline of an issue in which he has contracted for space, the SMBB may run a previous advertisement and charge the advertiser at the contracted rate. The advertiser may terminate this contract any time prior to a subsequent monthly deadline by serving 30 days’ notice to SPS and will be subject to a penalty equivalent to 20% of the amount chargeable for the remaining placements.

General Advertising Contract
January 2010 - February 2011