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Laptop fair kicks off in Ctg

Staff Correspondent, ctg
A three-day laptop fair titled 'Laptop Fair Chittagong 2009' began in the port city yesterday with a view to making the young generation more familiar with the latest innovation in computer technology.
Maker Communication, an event management firm, is organising the fair for the fourth time in the country with the slogan Lit up the light of technology'. Three leading computer suppliers Asus, Benq and Posh-Book are sponsoring the fair.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury inaugurated the fair by lighting candles at the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (LEB) Chinagong.
Chinagong University (CU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Abu Yusuf, Bangladesh Computer Association President Mostafa Jabbar, Bank Asia Deputy Managing Director SM Khorshvd Mam and Asus
Country Manager Mohiuddin Khasru were special guests at die inaugural ceremony with Strategic Planner of Maker Communication Muhammad Khan in the chair.
Mohiuddin said he would take initiatives to digitalise CCC soon to boost the bid for 'Digital Bangladesh'.
He said CCC has already set up computer training schools to provide computer education at a cheaper rate.
The CCC Mayor stressed giving the young generation more scopes to use information technology to refrain them from misdeeds and make them competent and selfdependent.
CU VC Prof Abu Yusuf said the country's natural resources are limited but the young generation can be turned into unlimited resources if they are made efficient is using information technology.
Mostafa Jabbar urged the CCC mayor to take steps to establish e-governance so that
the citizens can avail themselves of different facilities from home.
Bank Asia DMD SM Khorshed Alam announced that his bank would provide the students with loan to buy laptop at 15 percent interest.
A huge number of visitors thronged the fair yesterday to have a look at the laptops of the latest model.
A number of renowned laptop brands, including Asus, Benq, Posh-Book, Compaq, Apple, Dell, HP, Gigabyte, Toshiba, Acer, Great Wall and Deluxe are participating in the fair.
Flora Limited sold a 6530s model HP Compaq Notebook with a Tk 5000 discount to its first customer within half an hour of the opening.
Iqbal Hossain, a 3rd year student of a private medical college, expressed his joy getting a laptop of the latest model at a great discount.
Computer Village, a local computer seller, offered a brand new Asus laptop at onlv
Tk22,000.
Huge gathering was seen at the pavilion of Bank Asia that offered loans at 17 percent interest for purchasing laptops at the fair.
A jobholder who draws at least Tk 12000 per month can apply for loan, said Md Abu Obaida Khan, senior officer (consumer finance), adding that they would make an arrangement of disbursing the loan within only three days if the clients can provide them with required documents.
Radio F o o r t i , bdnews24.com, the Dainik Azadi, bdjobs.com, Nescafe, wheelsbd.com and Hotel Tower Inn are the partners of the fair.