Sandan Gong donates 40 million won in donations to overcome COVID-19

From the left, Kim Suhak, President of Daegu Community Chest of Korea, Kim Jeonghwan, Chairman of Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, and Lee Younggeon, Chairman of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation Labor Union, are posing for a commemorative photo at the COVID-19 relief donation ceremony held on the 9th at the headquarters of Daegu Industrial Complex Corporation.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daeseop] The Korea Industrial Complex Corporation announced on the 10th that it donated 40 million won to the Daegu Community Chest of Korea to help overcome the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The donation ceremony was held the day before at the headquarters of the Daegu Industrial Complex Corporation. Attendees included Kim Jeonghwan, Chairman of the Industrial Complex Corporation, Lee Younggeon, Chairman of the Industrial Complex Corporation Labor Union, and Kim Suhak, Chairman of the Daegu Community Chest of Korea.

Starting last month, Chairman Kim Jeonghwan and other executives of the Industrial Complex Corporation have voluntarily returned 10% of their salaries as a measure to share social suffering. The labor union also participated by donating part of its operating funds, and this donation was made from the executives' salary returns and the union's resources.

The donation will be designated and donated as Onnuri gift certificates to the Senior Welfare Center Association to revitalize local consumption. It is scheduled to support low-income elderly households in 19 senior welfare centers in the Daegu area with daily necessities for eight months.

Kim Jeong-hwan, President of the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (third from the left), is visiting Dongseo Market in Dong-gu, Daegu on the 9th, buying fruit and talking with merchants.

After the donation ceremony, Chairman Kim and the executives and employees of the Industrial Complex Corporation visited Dongseo Market in Dong-gu, Daegu, to carry out shopping activities. Chairman Kim used Onnuri gift certificates to purchase fruits and grains and listened to the market merchants' perceptions of the economy and their difficulties.

This shopping event was also participated in by 11 regional headquarters of the Industrial Complex Corporation nationwide. They purchased goods worth a total of 20 million won from small business owners, and the goods were delivered to vulnerable groups near industrial complexes across the country.

Chairman Kim said, "In this unprecedented crisis situation where an endemic of COVID-19 is even being forecasted, I hope this support will be of some help to the local community." He added, "Going forward, as a public institution headquartered in Daegu, the Industrial Complex Corporation will do its best to solve the difficulties of the local community together and coexist with the region."

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