Daegu City, Hope Support Fund Application Deadline This Week... Application Rate 96%

Kwon Young-jin, Mayor of Daegu (center), is delivering a greeting at the World Water Cities Forum 2020, which opened on September 22 at Daegu EXCO.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 23rd that as of midnight on the 21st, the application rate for the Daegu Hope Support Fund, which provides 100,000 KRW per person to all citizens, reached 95.8%.

The application for the support fund will close on the 25th. Out of 2,329,949 people, about 102,000 have not yet applied. Among the applicants, the proportion using credit/debit cards is 69.81%, Daegu Happiness Pay accounts for 12.21%, and cash payments make up 13.75%. Cash payments are limited to recipients of basic livelihood security benefits, basic pensions, and disability pensions.

Although the application deadline is the 25th, newborns born by midnight on the 25th may apply by attaching a birth certificate during the objection period until October 8th.

Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin said, "The biggest concern during the distribution process of the Daegu Hope Support Fund was whether the large number of people gathering at administrative welfare centers would cause issues with quarantine, but thanks to the mature civic consciousness of the citizens, the process proceeded calmly," adding, "I hope everyone applies for the Daegu Hope Support Fund without exception, and that this support permeates well into the local commercial sector, leading to the revitalization of the regional economy."