Yongsan District Mayor Seong Jang-hyun Donates 30% of April-July Salary to Overcome COVID-19

High-Ranking Officials' Salary Return Campaign Delivered to Yongsan Welfare Foundation to Support Families in Crisis

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seong Jang-hyun, Mayor of Yongsan District, has decided to personally contribute to overcoming COVID-19.

On the 29th of last month, Mayor Seong held a ‘COVID-19 Crisis Overcoming Donation Ceremony’ in his office and donated 30% of his April salary to the Yongsan Welfare Foundation (Chairman Seung Man-ho).

He will continue to donate the same amount for four months until July.

A representative of the Yongsan Welfare Foundation said, “As part of the government-initiated high-ranking officials’ salary return campaign, Mayor Seong joined the salary donation. The donated money will be used to support vulnerable groups in the region.”

In addition to Mayor Seong, support from various sectors wishing to overcome COVID-19 continues.

The National Museum of Korea restaurant management association, which has been steadily supporting the Yongsan Welfare Foundation, donated 30 bags of rice and 30 boxes of seaweed to the foundation on the 21st of last month.

Also, Yeongdong-gun, Chungbuk, a sister city of Yongsan District, sent 4,000 bottles of water to the Yongsan Welfare Foundation on the 22nd of last month, hoping it would help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On the 23rd of last month, Tenminds and Yeolsimhi Communications donated 300 bags of white rice to three community centers (Itaewon 2-dong, Namyeong-dong, Hannam-dong) to support elderly people living alone in the area.

FG Ax and Korea Electrolyzed Water System attracted attention by delivering 2,273 silver nano masks and 1,284 hand sanitizers to the Yongsan Welfare Foundation on the 29th of last month. The foundation plans to distribute these items to elderly welfare facilities in the region.

Seong Jang-hyun, Mayor of Yongsan District, said, “Seoul district mayors are also participating in the salary return campaign to share the pain. Let’s all join forces to overcome COVID-19.”

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