5,000 laptops set to be handed out

Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir (left) receives one of the just-arrived laptops from Brian James whose company, Auto Supplies, is the local dealer for the Haier brand computer. At centre is CEO of the OLPF project, Sesh Sukhdeo. (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

The first shipment of 5,000 laptops for the government’s ambitious One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative arrived in the country yesterday and the first recipients should receive their notebooks by next Friday.

The Haier-branded laptops came on board a Laparkan flight from the United States and Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir noted at a brief ceremony at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,