US$7.5M contract inked for first OLPF netbooks

Office of the President Permanent Secretary Dr Nanda Gopaul (left) and Haier’s Sun Yongle signing the US$ 7.5 million contract yesterday.

The government and Chinese firm Haier Electrical Appliances Ltd yesterday signed a US$7.5 million contract for the supply of 27,000 netbooks for the much-vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project, even as the Chinese government is looking to provide an additional 21,000 computers by year end.

The contract was signed yesterday at Office of the President (OP) by Permanent Secretary in OP, Dr Nanda Gopaul, and Haier’s General Manager of the Overseas Project Division, Sun Yongle. Labour Minister, Manzoor Nadir, who has Cabinet responsibility for the OLPF, said the