IT specialist offers to help Sir Mahesh rebuild CPL

By PETER ESILA
AN information technology (IT) specialist is willing to be a volunteer at the City Pharmacy Limited (CPL) Group to help restart the business.
David Boli, who emailed CPL founder Sir Mahesh Patel, said businesses like CPL and Brian Bell contributed a lot to the community and the chaos should not have happened.
Sir Mahesh has been receiving thousands of messages of support since the Jan 10 chaos and forwarded this message to The National yesterday.
“Thanks David for your kind words,” Sir Mahesh said.
Boli said: “I think the timing is right to lend a helping hand to this humble nation builder in Sir Mahesh who has unselfishly given so much to PNG. I personally think it is very fair I volunteer my IT skills helping him rebuild.
“What happened on that Wednesday (Jan 10) is unthinkable in our history. Let’s unite together for CPL and Brian Bell.
He told Sir Mahesh: “I watched in great shock and sadness the Black Wednesday unfold in Port Moresby in our beautiful PNG.
“What happened to CPL Group is both unthinkable and unimaginable to the hand that feeds PNG. I am deeply sorrowful.”
Boli volunteered to be an IT engineer to restore and rebuild “your IT network for at least one of your supermarkets.
“I am willing to do this because you are a good and a unique person who has done so much for PNG and as a citizen here, it’s my way of appreciating your selfless efforts from a genuine heart.
“My expertise are in local area and wide area networking, cabling and WiFi infrastructure, I can also do closed-circuit television.”
Sir Mahesh said there were many good Papua New Guineans out there, only a few greedy and selfish few that tarnishes the country. CPL lost its Hardware Haus, and SNS North Waigani, Rainbow and Badili, its SNS Harbour City was also looted.
CPL suffered devastating losses worth over K90 million and suspended its shares traded on the PNG Stock Exchange.