Gyeongnam Province and Public Officials Union Deliver '1004 Movement' Support Supplies to Gyeongnam Small Business Association

Delivery of Total Prize Money of 4 Million Won and 10,000 Aprons

Acting Governor of Gyeongnam Province Ha Byung-pil (left) and Shin Dong-geun, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Employees' Labor Union (right), are delivering '1004 Movement' support supplies to Yang Dae-bok, President of the Gyeongnam Small Business Association.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gyeongsangnam-do and the Provincial Government Employees' Labor Union delivered support supplies for the 1004 Movement to help small business owners to the Gyeongsangnam-do Small Business Association on the 25th.

The 1004 Movement is an initiative planned by the Provincial Government Employees' Labor Union to assist small business owners struggling due to COVID-19. Since March last year, provincial government employees have voluntarily deducted 1,000 won from their monthly salaries to accumulate funds to support small business owners.

At the delivery ceremony held that day, the Provincial Government Small Business Policy Division handed over 4 million won in prize money, awarded as the grand prize in the Good Landlord category of the 2021 Alley Economy Support Project contest hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety last October, along with 10,000 aprons to the Gyeongnam Small Business Association.

Through the 1004 Movement, the Provincial Government Employees' Labor Union delivered over 5,000 masks and other quarantine supplies last year, and in January this year, about 2,400 thermos flasks of love.

Shin Dong-geun, Chairman of the Labor Union, said, "I hope the warm hearts of the provincial government employees will be delivered to small business owners in the province," and added, "The Labor Union will also join in to help local small business owners overcome the COVID-19 situation."

Ha Byung-pil, Acting Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do, said, "The 1004 Movement to help small business owners will be a good precedent of local love sharing, where small contributions from employees can be a great strength to small business owners," and added, "Gyeongnam Province will stand together so that small business owners do not lose hope and can overcome the crisis."

Yang Dae-bok, President of the Gyeongnam Small Business Association, expressed gratitude, saying, "I would like to thank the Gyeongnam Province employees who stood together during these difficult times," and added, "With the phased transition to daily recovery, we will convey our hearts so that small business owners can wisely overcome the crisis."

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