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Terms and Conditions

Organizer & Eligibility
  1. The "Peraduan Cintai Malaysia-Mentos 2013" Contest (herein referred to as "Contest") is organized by Socma Trading (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia ("Organizer").
  2. To enter the Contest via Short Messaging Service (SMS), the Contest participants ("Contestants") must be a citizen of Malaysian, 18 years of age and above during the contest period. These Contestants must be subscribers of prepaid and/or post-paid services of mobile phone operators providing Short Messaging System ("SMS") services in Malaysia only.
    • Contestants under the age of eighteen (18) must seek parental and/or guardian approval to participate, as well as valid consent to use the bill payer's NRIC numbers and mobile phones to enter the Contest. Any form of proof of parental and/or guardian approval may be requested by the Organizer at its sole discretion for any reason whatsoever. For Contestants under the age of eighteen (18), the Organizer considers it the responsibility of parents and/or guardian to monitor the Contestants' participation in this Contest.
    • By allowing their mobile phones lines' particulars to be used and/or NRIC numbers to be submitted for the Contest - bill payers acknowledge that they are bound by these Terms and Conditions. Any payments in connection with the Contest shall be made irrespective of whether such charges were authorized by the bill payer.
    • For the purposes herein, the term "bill payer" shall mean the individual, company or entity specified in the registration or subscription form whose application and/or subscription for the relevant service (under clause 2.1) has been approved and accepted by the service provider.
  3. The following individuals and/or groups are not allowed to participate in the Contest:
    • Employees and immediate family members of the Organizer, their advertising agencies, affiliates, subsidiaries; and/or
    • Employees and immediate family members of the agency or agencies providing advertising and/or promotional services on behalf of the Organizer (including the affiliates of these agencies) agencies and suppliers.

Contest Period
  1. he Contest shall commence from 15 October 2013 to 15 January 2014 Malaysia Time +8GMT ("Contest Period"). The Organizer may at its sole and absolute discretion amend the Contest Period at any time with or without any notices in advance. Any Contest entries received after the end of the Contest Period (due to any reason howsoever and/or whatsoever arising) shall be disqualified.

Contest Submission and Eligibility Criteria
  1. To participate in this Contest, the Contestants are required to purchase any one of the participating MENTOS rolls product (refer to www.facebook.com/MentosMalaysia )
  2. The Contestants are allowed to submit as many contest entries as he/she wishes on the condition that each contest submission must be submitted together with the valid product Wrapper Code.
  3. Each valid product Wrapper Code entitles the contestant to ONE (1) Contest submission only.
  4. Contestants must ensure that their Contest submission details are accurate and complete. Any Contest submission that is not complete shall be disqualified.
  5. Contestants are required to keep all proof of purchases (ORIGINAL product wrappers) for every Contest submission for verification by the Organizers whenever required.
  6. Two (2) ways are available for Contestants to participate in this Contest, details as described below:
    7. Way 1 - Contest via SMS
    • To participate and submit the contest details via SMS, the Contestants shall send an SMS by typing MENTOS <space> Wrapper Code <space> ANSWER <space> 12 Digit IC Number <space> Full Name

      For Example:
      MENTOS PHZ4YT5 A 841115155577 Abdul Rahman Bin Rosli
    • Send your contest submission SMS to 36322
    • Each SMS received by the Contestant will be charged as follows:
    • RM0.30 for each SMS received from the Organizers after the Contestant sent in their SMS entry. The charges are in addition to any standard SMS fee charged by the Contestant's mobile phone operator.
    • Proof of SMS sent by the Contestant does not equal to proof that the SMS has been received by the Organizer.

    Method 2 - Contest via FACEBOOK
    • Contestants who wish to participate via Facebook shall be a registered Facebook user at www.facebook.com first. Please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook that binds its users.
    • Contestant shall then visit Mentos Malaysia Facebook Fan page at www.facebook.com/MentosMalaysia
    • By participating in this contest, the contestant acknowledges that this contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
  7. This Contest is divided into two (2) categories:
    8. Daily Prize Winner for Contest Period (from 15 October 2013 to 15 January 2014), subject to all other clauses to the contrary in the Terms and Conditions, during the Contest Period, Contestants with the highest accumulated points (from each correct answer) in each Contest Day during the Contest Period will have an opportunity to win a daily prize in accordance with clause 7.1 to 7.2 below. Should there be a tie, the first participant to submit the highest points of the day will be determined as the daily prize winner. The shortlisted Winners shall be contacted by telephone by representatives appointed by the organizer and shall be required to answer One (1) question relating to this contest correctly (at a predetermined time) before being declared as the Winner.
    • 7.1 The Contestant who accumulate the highest total number of points within a Contest Day during the Contest Period and who correctly answers one(1) question posted to them by the Organiser, will win a Samsung Galaxy Y Neo Smartphone.
    • 7.2 Contestants who accumulate the second till the 54th highest number of points within a Contest Day during the Contest Period and who correctly answer one(1) question posted to them by the Organizer, will win a RM10 worth of KFC Food Voucher

    Main Prize Winners for Contest Period (from 15 October 2013 to 15 January 2014), subject to all other clauses to the contrary in the Terms and Conditions, during the Contest Period, Contestants with the Highest accumulated points (from each correct answer) within the entire Contest Period will have an opportunity to win a prize in accordance with clause 7.3 to 7.6 below. Should there be a tie, the first participant to submit the highest points (throughout the entire contest period) will be determined as the grand prize winner. Winners shall be contacted by telephone by representatives appointed by the organizer and shall be required to answer One (1) question relating to this contest correctly (at a predetermined time) before being declared as the Winner.
    • 7.3 Contestant who accumulates the highest total number of points within during the entire Contest Period or Extended Contest Period and who correctly answers one(1) question posted to them by the Organiser, will win ONE Getaway Trip to, Sipadan, Kapalai, Malaysia (3days 2nights for 4 adults) worth RM10,888.
    • 7.4 Contestant who accumulates the 2nd and the 3rd highest total number of points within during the entire Contest Period or Extended Contest Period and who correctly answers one(1) question posted to them by the Organiser, will win ONE Getaway Trip to, Redang, Taaras, Malaysia (3days 2nights for 4 adults) worth RM8,888.
    • 7.5 Contestant who accumulates the 4th and 5th highest total number of points within during the entire Contest Period or Extended Contest Period and who correctly answers one(1) question posted to them by the Organiser, will win ONE Getaway Trip to, Langkawi, Malaysia (3days 2nights for 2 adults) worth RM4,888.
    • 7.6 Contestant who accumulates the 6th till the 8th highest total number of points within during the entire Contest Period or Extended Contest Period and who correctly answers one(1) question posted to them by the Organiser, will win ONE Getaway Trip to, Tioman Paya Resort, Malaysia (3days 2nights for 2adults) worth RM2,188.
  8. Each contestant will only be allowed to win One (1) Grand Prize, and/or One (1) Daily Prize throughout the duration of the Contest Period.
  9. The daily winner (main daily prize of the Samsung Galaxy Y Neo smartphone) will not be eligible to win any another daily prize(s) but will still be in the running to win the grand prize.

Judging Criteria
  1. All of the Organizer's decisions in connection with this Contest shall be final, conclusive and binding and the Contestants agree to abide by the Organizer's decision with respect to all aspects in connection with this Contest. For the avoidance of doubt, Contestants agree not to challenge and/or object to any decisions made by the Organizer in connection with the Contest.

Notification to the Contest Winner(s)
  1. The Organiser will contact the winners via the mobile phone number used to participate in the Contest. In the event that a winner is not contactable within three (3) attempts for three (3) consecutive days, The Organiser reserves the right to disqualify his/her eligibility and the next qualified participant will be selected. All prizes must be claimed by the winners within two (2) months from the notice date. Contest winners will lose their rights to make claims for the respective contest prizes after the 2 months period has ended and further communication will not be entertained. List of contest winners will also be published on the www.facebook.com/MentosMalaysia after the end of the respective Contest Period(s).
  2. The Organizer reserves the full rights to disqualify any winner(s) and to forfeit the respective prize(s) should the Organizers find that the Contest winner(s) fails to comply with the procedure for claiming a prize set forth by the Organizers.
  3. The Organizer reserves the right to appoint an agent or a third party contractor to handle all processes related to prize claiming by the winners that includes winner's identification and details verification for the purpose of delivery of the prizes.

Rights of the Organizer
  1. The Organizer shall be indemnified and not be held responsible by the Contest participants for the following:
    • any problem, loss or damage of whatsoever nature suffered by any party (including without limitation the Contestants) directly or indirectly caused by any delay and/or failure in receiving and sending a SMS resulting from any network, communication or system error, interruption and/or failure experienced by the participating mobile phone operators and/or by the Organizer or otherwise. In the event of such error, interruption and/or failure, the Organizer shall not be responsible or liable for any failure by any Contestant to participate in the Contest at any time.
    • any problem, injury, damage or loss of whatsoever nature to any Contestant, or their authorized representatives resulting from their participation in the Contest or the collection of prizes by Contest winners.
    • any error (including error in notification of Contest winners), omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes outside its control.
    • The Contest is provided on an "as is where is" basis. The Organizer will not be responsible and will not be liable if any entry is lost, late or undelivered due to any reason whatsoever. Proof of delivery of entries is not proof that the entries were duly received.
    • These Terms and Conditions are governed by Malaysian law and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Malaysian Courts. The Organizer has the rights to amend and vary the Terms and Conditions at any point.
    • The Organizer and its representative(s) and service provider(s) shall not be responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information entry caused by any manner whatsoever including without limitation any incorrect or inaccurate information entry caused by the Contestants or by any of the equipment or programs associated with or utilized in the Contest by the Organizer and its representative(s) or service provider(s) or by any error which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Contest.
    • The Organizer and its representative(s), shall not be responsible nor liable in any manner whatsoever for any deficiency or inadequacy of service rendered by any third party or for any loss whatsoever of any nature in the course of availing the Prizes.
    • To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Organizer and any it's representative(s), shall not be liable and expressly excludes and disclaims any representation, warranties, or endorsements, expressed or implied, written or oral, including but not limited to, any warranty of quality, merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose in respect of the Prizes.
  2. The Organizer reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual automatically for any contest submissions that is incomplete, late or does not have valid proof of purchases (ORIGINAL product wrappers)
  3. The Organizer reserves the right to change the Contest prizes with or without prior notice to any person at any time and the Contestants shall be bound by such changes.

Publicity
  1. By agreeing to receive the Contest Prizes, the Contestants irrevocably and unconditionally grant and give the Organizer the right, at its sole and absolute discretion, to use the nicknames, names, photographs, voice or video recordings, entries and all information of the Contestants provided to the Organizer, for publicity, advertising, trade or promotion in any media or for any other purposes without having to make any payment whatsoever to the Contestants nor to give any notices in advance. All participants' information and contest entries details shall be kept strictly private and confidential and become a property of The Organiser.

Adherence to Contest Terms & Conditions
  1. In addition to these Terms and Conditions, instructions and methods of participating in the Contest, as set out on www.facebook.com/MentosMalaysia or otherwise, shall also bind all Contestants and their participation in the Contest.
  2. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and any terms contained in any promotional material for this Contest, the terms contained on www.facebook.com/MentosMalaysia shall prevail.
  3. By participating in this Contest, the Contestant is taken to have read and agreed to the Terms and Conditions herein and shall adhere to all and/or any decisions made by the Organizer and agree that all decisions made by the Organizer is final and binding in all aspects.

Variation to the Terms & Conditions
  1. The Organizer reserves the right to change, amend, delete or add to these Contest Terms and Conditions without prior notice to any person at any time and the Contestants shall be bound by such changes.

Suspension
  1. The Organizer further reserves the right to cancel, modify, suspend or delay the Contest at any time without prior notice to any person and shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever in respect of any cancellation, modification, suspension or delay of the Contest.
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