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To: Rob S. who wrote (11812)	7/26/1998 7:28:00 PM
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Jamaica appoints whiz kid as computer consultant "GOD BLESS JAMAICA" By Earl Moxam KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 24 (Reuters) - Jamaica has appointed a 13-year-old computer whiz kid as a government consultant to help the bureaucrats keep up to date with the latest developments in computer technology. Makonnen David Blake Hannah, whose trailblazing grandfather broke the color barrier in the 1940s, became the youngest ever government adviser when he was named youth technology consultant by Minister of Commerce & Technology Phillip Paulwell this week. Paulwell said the boy would be ''responsible for putting forward the valued perspectives of the new generation'' and will inform the minister on new trends in computer technology. He will receive an honorarium for his efforts. Hannah's groundbreaking post follows in the tradition of his grandfather, Evon Blake, a journalist and author who broke the color barrier in Jamaica when he jumped into the ''whites only'' swimming pool at Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston. It was an unheard of act of defiance at that point in Jamaican history and resonated through the years. Hannah will keep the ministry abreast of Web sites and software to help the government make computers and computer-based education available to Jamaican children, Paulwell said. Paulwell added the youngster to his ministry after meeting him during the filming of a movie and being impressed with his grasp of computer technology, officials said. Paulwell announced the appointment at a ceremony at a new computer technology institution to be run by Hannah's mother, Barbara Blake Hannah, a journalist and former senator. The center, to which U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT - news) donated equipment and software through its ''Connected Learning Community'' program, will train gifted children ages 6 to 18. Blake Hannah said her teenage son had been using computers most of his life. ''The Minister has just been appointed to the Ministry of Technology while the boy has been in computers for ten years, so he's in a good position to advise him,'' she said. Makonnen Hannah told Reuters he planned to help Paulwell optimize the ministry's computer system and give him daily updates on worldwide developments in technology. ''I can do almost everything. I can program a little bit, I'm good at system design, advanced Windows and DOS usage, stuff mainly like that,'' Hannah said. ''You could call me an expert.'' Makonnen Hannah, largely educated at home by his mother, has appeared in two versions of a children's movie, ''Kids' Paradise'', which his mother wrote and produced, and shows the kind of confidence that evokes memories of his grandfather, Blake Hannah said. Shortly after the Myrtle Bank incident, Evon Blake named himself Jamaica's ''Man of the Year'' in his ''Spotlight'' magazine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Related News Categories: international -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright c 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information.