"Public Officials Are the Best" 92-Year-Old White-Haired Elder Donates 7 Million Won COVID-19 Encouragement Fund

"Best Administrative Service Experienced So Far"
Retired Public Official Im Yang-won Visits to Encourage Junior Officials
Praises COVID-19 Vaccination Response Officials' Administrative Service...Generously Donates 7 Million Won

Retired public official Im Yang-won personally visited Jeonju City Hall on the morning of the 31st to donate funds for junior public officials.
Photo by Jeonju City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] "I want to be even a little bit of support to the public servant juniors who work hard for the citizens like this."

Mr. Im Yang-won (92), with his white hair, donated 7 million won as encouragement money to public servants who are fighting against COVID-19. He revealed that he used to work as a public servant and made this decision for the hardworking juniors. He said he was moved by the efforts of the public servants and praised their COVID-19 vaccination response as the best.

On the morning of the 31st of last month, Mr. Im visited Jeonju City Hall and handed over an envelope labeled "COVID-19 Prevention Public Servant Encouragement Fund." Mr. Im said, "I was moved by the sight of junior public servants fighting on the front lines of COVID-19 quarantine and health. So, I thought I should make a small donation to encourage them."

Mr. Im identified himself as a retired public servant. "For the elderly vaccination, the staff at the community service center carefully held hands one by one, helped them board the bus cautiously, made sure they wore name tags so they wouldn't lose the bus they came on, and frequently called before and after vaccination to check their condition. This consideration was the best administrative service I have ever experienced, even though I am a retired public servant myself," he said, encouraging the public servant juniors whose workload has increased due to COVID-19.

Im Yang-won is delivering COVID-19 encouragement funds to a public official at Jeonju City Hall. Photo by Jeonju City Hall

Jeonju City Hall expressed deep gratitude for Mr. Im's donation. The city hall stated, "The donation will be used to support necessary supplies for public servants working on the COVID-19 quarantine front lines, according to the elderly donor's wishes." They added, "This precious donation from citizens shines like a ray of light in restoring our daily lives disrupted by COVID-19," and said, "We see hope for overcoming our crisis because there are citizens who share and show solidarity even in difficult times."

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