Workwear Laundry Done with Coins! ... Visit Uiryeong-gun's 'Cheonnyeong Laundry'

Selected for the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Resident Life Innovation Case Expansion Support Project Competition

Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongnam established a shared laundry facility for work uniforms for small and medium-sized enterprise workers in the Guryong·Dongdong Industrial Complex and Bongsu Industrial Complex.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] A communal laundry facility for work uniforms for small and medium-sized enterprise workers has been established in Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongnam.

For just 1,000 won, workers can wash and dry their bulky and heavily soiled work uniforms, offering a convenient solution.

On the 5th, about 20 people including County Governor Oh Taewan, Gyeongnam Provincial Assembly members, county council members, company officials, and workers attended the opening ceremony of the communal laundry.

Last July, the county was selected in a contest for the Resident Life Innovation Case Expansion Support Project hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and built laundries in the Guryong and Dongdong Industrial Complexes and the Bongsu Industrial Complex, installing four coin-operated washing machines and four coin-operated dryers at each location.

In December last year, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety introduced Uiryeong-gun’s work uniform communal laundry operation plan as an exemplary administrative case reflecting regional characteristics, and selected the county as an excellent local government in the 2021 Public Resource Opening and Sharing Service evaluation.

The county hired two workers to manage each laundry facility and plans to promote this project as a representative innovation project of Uiryeong-gun.

A county official expressed determination, saying, “We see the possibility that this project selection will lead to job creation, and we will actively participate in project contests for residents’ convenience.”

Governor Oh Taewan said, “If it is something that helps workers who work hard in the fierce realities of life, I will roll up my sleeves and seek it out.”

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