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SGNIC to launch Chinese website domain names in Singapore

SINGAPORE : The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), the national registry for domain names, will begin accepting initial registrations for Chinese domain names for websites from November 23. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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