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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:14:09 EST
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- Subject: SG: New National Computer Board Gopher
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- Ohio University Electronic Communication
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- Date: 23-Dec-1992 01:13pm EST
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- From: Kent Mulliner Dept: Library
- MULLINER Tel No: 614-593-2707
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- Subject: SG: New National Computer Board Gopher
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- The following is from an experimental gopher that has
- been posted at TECHNET in Singapore. It is largely
- self-explanatory. There are a number of entries on the
- NCB gopher, but among the most interestesting are the
- IT-2000 Vision statement and the listing of those responsible
- for making it a reality. This outlines the goal for
- Singapore's information future. Other entries include
- Veronica (a gopher searching tool) and a strange list
- of libraries. For those of you who are given to or
- tempted by gopher-ing, this is worth a look.
- K. Mulliner, Ohio University Libraries
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- Subject: >>>>> About NCB & This Directory <<<<<
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- / \ /\
- \__/ / /__
- // \\ _\/_\ \
- _// \\_ /___/ \_\
- / \____/ \ NCB
- \__/----\__/
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- Greetings
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- Hi!
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- About This Gopher Site
- ----------------------
- You have reached the gopher site maintained by the National Computer
- Board of Singapore. Having only set up this gopher site since early
- Dec 1992, we are obviously very young and are still working hard to put
- in more volumes of information for public access. At the moment of this
- writing, this site is still "unpublished" in the sense that it is not
- being made known to Internet users and is not registered with the mother
- gopher at U of Minnesota. By late March 1993, I expect the information
- on this site to be sufficiently good for public visits, and will then
- register it with Internet users through registration and announcements.
-
-
- Briefly, What Is National Computer Board (NCB)?
- -----------------------------------------------
- The National Computer Board of Singapore was set up in 1981 to promote
- use of computers in government sectors. After 10 years of focused work,
- the NCB has successfully pushed the use of Information Technology (IT)
- into most government ministries and offices. There are also joint
- efforts
- with external organisations, such as AT&T, to promote the upgrading of
- IT knowledge in the local environment.
-
- While this effort will be relentlessly continued, NCB has initiated a
- new direction for its next decade ahead. This initiative is being
- entitled the "IT2000 Masterplan". The study of the plan was extensively
- carried out, and prompted attention on many aspects of its design and
- implementation. Being a nation-wide plan that seeks to bring IT to the
- public, the project has been endorsed by our Prime Minister for full
- implementation. We are certainly excited about the entire plan, and
- look forward to a borderless collaboration with all interested parties
- to make this a success. More details on this plan may be found in the
- directory under "Singapore's IT2000 Nation-wide Plan".
-
-
- Can I Say Something About You?
- ------------------------------
- Sure! You are most invited to send your comments, feedbacks,
- suggestions, or questions to us. You can send these to
- cheekai@ncb.gov.sg
- and I'll reply as soon as possible. I am currently managing this gopher
- site. So, your comments (and others) on this site can be sent to me.
- For comments (and others) on IT2000, you can get a list of who's-who
- under the "Singapore's IT2000 Nation-wide Plan" directory. For
- miscellaneous comments (and others), just drop me a note.
-
-
- A Final Word
- ------------
- There will be more items pertaining to the NCB Corporate, as well as to
- the IT2000 plan, being stuffed into the directories soon (say, by March
- 1993).
- I'm also open to putting other "fun" things, like the "Humor and Jokes"
- directory. Like most gopher sites, I'm making it an evolving archive
- that is being kept as up-to-minute as possible (since this is exactly
- why electronic communication is so attractive). Do visit us time and
- again, as we'll be pleased to offer more. Finally, hope you find your
- stay here an enjoyable one!
-
- Chin Chee-Kai
- cheekai@ncb.gov.sg
- NCB-PID
- Dec 23, 1992
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- Received: 23-Dec-1992 01:14pm
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