The 150,000 laptops that the government promised to provide students under Budget 2021 will be on a loan basis.<br /><br />The laptops were acquired through the RM150 million Cerdik Fund which was pooled together by government-linked companies (GLC) and government-linked investment companies (GLIC).<br /><br />Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman said he was disappointed by the mechanism which was detailed on a website set up for the Cerdik programme.<br /><br />The programme is being managed by Yayasan Hasanah, a foundation under state-owned Khazanah Nasional Berhad.<br /><br />"Why was the fact that the laptops will be on loan was not presented in Parliament during Budget 2021?" he said on Facebook.<br /><br />Video source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/v=1089462111481443&ref=watch_permalink
