The Financial Express -- Leisure

Sunday, July 20 1997

TODAY'S CROSSWORD TODAY'S ZODIAC

"Virtual" Singapore a real lure to Asia business Ideas for new businesses in cyberspace keep sprouting even as users, providers and governments grapple with issues of security and shortage of bandwidth. One company in Singapore is dangling another carrot before businesses, education institutions and other bodies on how to promote themselves on the Internet.
Honesty is still the best policy In 1967, Japan was far and Subhash Goyal's ambitions big. All that he needed was a ticket to Japan for attending a student conference but his parents could not afford. Goyal realised that in the world of travel agents, 15 was equal to one free ticket plus commission.	Housewife to placement consultant This is a home-business for housewives in big cities. Telephone is a must, so is a computer and pager. Get all relevant data from the applicants in the computer and ensure that it is properly classified according to area of skill, the residential localities (to enable you to call the person nearest to the company that requires the service).

"Virtual" Singapore a real lure to Asia business