Daegu City Holds 'Proud Citizen Award' Ceremony... Grand Prize Awarded to Woo Dae-hyun, Head of Gwangbokhoe Branch

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] On the afternoon of the 11th, Daegu City held the '43rd Proud Citizen Award' (Daegu Citizen Award) ceremony in the city hall's main conference room, expressing gratitude to seven individuals who personally practiced the 'Citizen Noblesse Oblige' in their respective fields.

This year's ceremony was delayed from the usual schedule of being held every February during 'Daegu Citizen Week' due to the cancellation of the Citizen's Day commemorative ceremony caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

To select this year's awardees, Daegu City publicly recruited candidates for 63 days from the end of August to October last year. Afterwards, a merit review committee was held for the applicants, and the final recipients were selected: one grand prize winner, three main prize winners, and three special prize winners.

From the left, Woo Dae-hyun receiving the award, main prize winners Kwon Ki-hoon, Do Jae-young, Han Dae-gon, and special prize winners Geum Hyang-sook, Kim Byung-jun, Lee Sung-ae.

As a result of the review, the 'Grand Prize' was awarded to Woo Dae-hyun, chairman of the Dalseo-gu branch of the Liberation Association, who greatly contributed to inheriting the spirit of the local independence movement and spreading the national veterans' spirit.

The main prizes were awarded by category to ▲ Kwon Ki-hoon, chairman of the Dong-gu Residents' Autonomy Union (community development category) ▲ Do Jae-young, chairman of the Daegu Council for National Unification (social service) ▲ Han Dae-gon, chairman of Han Chang Industrial Co., Ltd. (good deeds and filial piety category). The special prizes went to ▲ Geum Hyang-sook, former chairwoman of the Daegu Buk-gu Women's Association ▲ Kim Byung-jun, chairman of Sympathy for a Better World Association ▲ Lee Sung-ae, chairwoman of the Disabled Women’s Volunteer Association.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, "The volunteer work and good deeds of the Proud Citizen Award recipients serve as a model of 'Citizen Noblesse Oblige' for local residents and are a driving force to once again awaken the spirit of Daegu citizens. I hope a hopeful and happy Daegu community will be created where all Daegu citizens strive to become proud citizens."

Meanwhile, since its establishment in 1977, the Daegu City 'Proud Citizen Award' has honored a total of 137 distinguished individuals over 42 ceremonies. Including this year, the total number of awardees is 144.

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