”First-come, first-served basis 40,000 won” First, civil servants sweep away

Jeju Island decided to provide 40,000 won in cultural welfare points per young person on a first-come, first-served basis, but suspicions that public officials wasted the benefit were confirmed to be true.

The Jeju Island Audit Committee announced on the 19th that, as a result of its investigation into the ‘Jeju Youth Cultural Welfare Point Support Project’, it requested the governor to warn the department in charge of the project and caution those involved.

Jeju Island promoted a project to provide cultural welfare expenses of 40,000 won per person per year to the first 10,000 people on a first-come, first-served basis to provide young people living in Jeju with opportunities to enjoy culture and arts.

The province announced the project at 9 a.m. on May 22 and began accepting applications, but due to the influx of applicants from the beginning, it closed early at 1:11 p.m., about 4 hours later. The original application period was one month until June 21st.

As a result of the audit committee’s investigation, it was revealed that public officials actually had access to information about the project in advance, and that many of them applied.

The province only published a notice regarding this project on May 22nd, the same day that applications began, and a press release was distributed 40 minutes after applications began.

However, it was revealed that on the 20th of the same month, two days before the announcement, the provincial government sent a document requesting cooperation in promoting the project to the headquarters, direct agencies, towns, villages, and districts, so public officials had access to the information two days earlier.

Of the 10,000 applicants, 1,080 were civil servants. 34.03% of Jeju young civil servants (3,174 people) applied.

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