Draft MOU for netbook project had put replacement cost at US$400

The first draft of the MOU for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme, had proposed that the netbooks being distributed be jointly owned by the government and the user with the latter paying a US$400 replacement cost or doing community service should the computer be lost due to negligence.

Stabroek News saw an unsigned Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) proposing agreements between the government and citizens likely to benefit from the OLPF.  When contacted yesterday, Office of the President Press and Publicity Officer