Singapore, 3 February 2004


Cooped Up at Home and In Class All At Once - PurpleTrain.com Beats the Bird Flu!

First it was SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) that rendered schools across Asia shut. Now, the Bird Flu threatens to keep us at home, away from work and away from school.

But if you are a student with PurpleTrain.com, you need not fret about missing classes. Lessons still go on at our Virtual University and you need not miss them even if you have to stay at home. Why you could even attend classes in your pajamas ! There is no need to get dressed and take the bus to class.

You still get to interact with your classmates through online chats to discuss your lessons and exchange notes, even if you at home and happen to be down with the bug.

Our e-facilitators will still reply your queries timely, come bird flu or the next big bad bug.

You even submit your assignments online, saving you time and travelling expenses.

PurpleTrain.com's e-Learning concept let lessons carry on without disruptions in spite of any life-threatening epidemic. Our students and e-facilitators freely interact with each other online but physically away from each other, so there is no risk of catching the bug within our e-Learning community.

Add to that, PurpleTrain.com's degree programmes are accredited by internationally recognized universities from the United Kingdom, USA and Australia, and are fairly affordable. You get the same degree as a student studying at the physical campus and there is no need to leave home - literally!


ABOUT PURPLETRAIN.COM

PurpleTrain.com is the e-Learning service provider which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programmes, corporate training courses and education-related services.

By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective online training solution. Over 700 online courses are available, ranging from Master and Bachelor degree programmes, to diplomas and certificates in business and IT programmes. Our online learning community now stands at over 69,000 users.

PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Informatics Holdings Limited is a world class institute for quality lifelong learning services and made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world.

ABOUT INFORMATICS GROUP

The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a multinational corporation providing lifelong learning services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising and licensing programmes and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 614 centers spanning more than 49 countries. The company presently offers the following products: Informatics Institute, Thames Business School, Informatics Professional Development Centre, CAL Learning Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre, RACC, NCC licensing and PurpleTrain.com licensing. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com

For more information on course, please contact:

Thang Tze Yian
Head
e-Learning Academy
DID : (65) 6568 0825
Fax : (65) 6569 7060
Email : TYThang@informaticsgroup.com
Website : www.informaticsgroup.com

For enrollment enquiries, please contact :

Coreen Kuo
Manager – PR and Marketing
PurpleTrain.com
DID : (65) 6568 0750
Fax : (65) 6569 7060
Email : pr@purpletrain.com
Website : www.purpletrain.com
www.informaticsgroup.com


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