Hapcheon County Council Opens the 251st Extraordinary Session

Enactment of Hapcheon-gun Ordinance on Emergency Disaster Relief
Urgent Call for Swift Distribution of 4.4 Billion KRW Emergency Disaster Relief Funds

The 251st Hapcheon County Council Extraordinary Session (Photo by Hapcheon County Council)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Hapcheon County Council in Gyeongnam announced on the 3rd that it held the 251st extraordinary session for one day and urgently deliberated and approved the "Hapcheon County Emergency Disaster Relief Ordinance."

Proposed by Assemblyman Jang Jin-young and five others, the "Hapcheon County Emergency Disaster Relief Ordinance" aims to provide institutional support by stipulating matters related to emergency disaster relief in the ordinance to promote the safety of residents' lives and revitalize the local economy when a major disaster occurs.

According to the ordinance, Hapcheon County will be able to provide 4.4 billion KRW in disaster basic income support to all residents to ensure their safety and revitalize the stagnant local economy ahead of the Lunar New Year market, which has been suffering due to COVID-19.

On the same day, the council held a plenary session and standing committee consecutively for one day to intensively deliberate and approved all agenda items as originally proposed.

Chairman Bae Mong-hee said, "This extraordinary session was urgently convened to enact related ordinances so that emergency disaster relief funds can be provided when major disasters, including COVID-19, occur," and added, "We ask for interest and cooperation so that the emergency disaster relief funds can be quickly distributed to support residents and small business owners."

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