MS SQL 2008

I need the assistance of an expert to configure MS SQL 2008. Please send e-mail to kinlian@gmail.com.

Singapore Index Fund

The Singapore Index Fund is invested to track the ST Index. This can be bought in SGX like an ETF. I was told that it can also be bought like a unit trust. The annual management fee for this fund is 0.55% (i.e. slightly higher than  0.3% for StateStreet and 0.28% for DBS). However, being a unit trust, it allows smaller quantities to be bought, instead of 1,000 units in an ETF. If you have personal experience in investing in this fund, please share it.

Case study - Family3

In this case study, I analyze the features of a new life insurance policy called the Family3. Go to www.tankinlian.com/ask.aspx and search for "Family3"

Insuring the unexpected

Read my FAQ on "Insuring the Unexpected". It is available at www.tankinlian.com/ask.aspx (search for this title).

Law Transcription | Law Transcription Services Can Provide a Lucrative Career | Transcription Software

Law Transcription Services

In response to the growing demand of clients who want their cases settled quickly out-of-court, there are many more law transcription services available.  Law transcription services are now used by police departments, lawyers, various industries, corporations, individuals, and the court system.  This means that legal transcription is needed for taped interviews, wire taps, depositions, suspect interviews, witness statements, meetings, court proceedings, and any taped conversations that have to do with a case.  Because this taped evidence isn’t easy to distribute, law transcription is necessary to make sure that all parties have hard copies of all legal proceedings involving their case.

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Free Medical Transcription Software | Medical Transcription Software Critiqued | Transcription Software

Free medical transcription software in the form of medical spell checkers is also helpful to the medical transcriptionist.  Obviously, if you are transcribing medical records that involve new FDA approved drugs or complicated surgical procedures, you will quickly find that many of the words are not in your spell check or even in a standard dictionary.

Since you are transcribing from an audio recording, there isn’t a way to get a correct spelling if you are not familiar with a medical term.  Because medical transcription software like free medical spell checkers are online, they are updated periodically and can be downloaded as medical terminology evolves.  This kind of medical transcription training software is also compatible with most word processing programs, including Microsoft word.

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Towering Malaysian of yesteryear

It is interest to read about Malaysians and Singaporeans of the Merdeka generation. They have ideals of a democratic and socially just country that looks after the welfare of the people. Read this story to learn about what are these ideals.

In the mid 1970s, I visited Skrine & Co in Kuala Lumpur on a legal matter. I met James Puthuchery. I knew at that time that he was exiled from Singapore, but did not know his background or his beliefs. It is nice to read about the ideals of this person, more than 35 years later.