Hapcheon-gun Selects Kim Young-gwang and Jeong Young-chul as Recipients of the 19th 'Hapcheon Citizen Awards'

Enhancing the Honor of the County and Greatly Contributing to the Stability and Development of the Local Community

Awardee Jung Young-chul

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 7th that on the 6th, it held the Hapcheon-gun Citizens' Award Deliberation Committee and selected Kim Young-gwang, chairman of the Hapcheon-gun Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Council, and Jeong Young-chul, chairman of Jeongan Steel, who is active as a hometown entrepreneur, as the recipients of the 19th Hapcheon-gun Citizens' Award.

The Hapcheon-gun Citizens' Award is an award given in the name of the citizens to those who have greatly contributed to enhancing the honor of Hapcheon-gun and the stability and development of the local community. Every year, candidates are recommended in three categories (▲Industry·Economy ▲Education·Culture·Sports ▲Public Interest·Patriotism), and one recipient is selected per category.

During the candidate recommendation period from June 9 to August 20, there were no recommendations in the Education·Culture·Sports category, while one candidate each was recommended in the Industry·Economy and Public Interest·Patriotism categories, and after review, two recipients were decided.

Mayor Kim Yoon-cheol said, “I sincerely congratulate the recipients who have been awarded the Hapcheon-gun Citizens' Award, which has a long tradition, and deeply thank them for their dedication in quietly enhancing the honor of Hapcheon-gun and contributing to the development of the region in each field.”

The Citizens' Award ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Hapcheon-gun Citizens' Day commemorative ceremony on the 26th.

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