Naju City Promotes 'Standing Table and Chair Supply Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yuk-bong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do is promoting a project to supply 'standing tables and chairs' to a total of 620 locations, including all senior centers and village halls in the area.

According to the city on the 15th, the project to supply standing tables and chairs to senior centers is a campaign pledge discovered by Mayor Yoon Byung-tae during the 8th term of civilian administration to improve the joint health of elderly users of senior centers and to facilitate their dining and leisure activities.

During the 'Visiting Village Roundtable,' an informal dialogue session with village residents held in the evening, Mayor Yoon faced elderly people sitting at the traditional floor-level tables in the senior center of Jami Village, Bannam-myeon, and promised a project to supply standing tables and chairs for the joint health of the elderly.

This project, with a budget of 929 million KRW, will be implemented annually from this year through 2025.

This year, 150 million KRW was invested, and by last month, standing tables and chairs were supplied to 115 senior centers. In 2023 and 2024, 200 locations each year will be supplied, and in the final year of the project, 2025, the remaining senior centers will be fully supplied.

The city is supplying 4-person standing tables and fixed chairs tailored to the number of users (an average of 14 to 16 people), considering the area of each senior center and the physical conditions of the elderly.

In particular, after visiting senior centers and companies in other regions and conducting field inspections, a lightweight and sturdy wooden plywood 'folding' table that one adult can easily carry and move was selected to maximize user convenience and space efficiency with meticulous care.

Mayor Yoon Byung-tae said, "We are supplying standing tables and chairs to all senior centers and village halls to improve the joint health and comfortable leisure life of elderly people who have long suffered from the floor-seated culture of senior centers," adding, "We will continue to do our best to discover customized welfare policies suitable for an aging population and an elderly-friendly city, Naju."

Naju = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yuk-bong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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