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Date of Release: December 1, 2008
Phone: 82-2-774-4050, Fax:82-2-774-4090
Contact: Lee Jeong-su, Secretary General
Park Hyo-jin, Secretary
A Seminar will be held to mark the 13th anniversary
of the Consumers' Day
- "Consumer Safety and Corporate Responsibility" -
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◇ Date: 2 pm, December 2(Tuesday), 2008
◇ Venue: Auditorium, YWCA Seoul
◇ Host: KNCCO
◇ Attendees: members & executives of KNCCO's member organizations, monitors of such organizations(approximately 200 persons)
◇ MC : Lee Jeong-su, Secretary General, KNCCO |
KNCCO(Chairman Kim Cheon-ju), a federation of 9 private consumer organizations holds a seminar to mark the Consumers'Day on December 3, 2008, which is a legally designated commemoration day.
The seminar themed "Consumer Safety and Social Responsibility" will be held at 2 pm on December 2, 2008 at the auditorium of YWCA Seoul building.
The seminar that consists of presentations and discussions on the roles and responsibilities of government, corporations and academia toward promoting consumer safety, is intended to contribute to increasing safety of the general public and consumers.
Program Details
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A Seminar will be held to mark the 13th anniversary of the Consumers' Day
- "Consumer Safety and Corporate Responsibility"- |
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◇ Date: 2 pm, December 2(Tuesday), 2008
◇ Venue: Auditorium(4th floor), YWCA Seoul
- Opening Remarks : Kim Cheon-ju, Chairman, KNCCO
- Moderator: Lee Duk-seung, Permanent Representative, National Council of the
Green Consumer Network in Korea
- Presentations
1. The role of government and policy direction in promoting consumer safety
/ by Choi Sung-lak, Director General for Food Safety, Korea Food and Drug
Administration
2. Food safety and social responsibility of corporations
/ By Yu Gyeung-mu, Executive Director, CJ CheilJedang
3. The Role and responsibility of consumer rights movement toward improving consumer safety
/ By Lee Eun-hee, Professor of Consumer & Child Studies, Inha University
- Panel Discussion
: Oh Mun-suk, Chief Researcher, LG Economic Research Institute
: Park Tae-gyoon, Specialist, JoongAng Daily
: Kim Shi-whurl, Professor, Consumer Information Science, Konkuk University |
 Member Organizations 
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National Council of the Green Consumers Network in Korea, Young Women's Christian Association of Korea, Korean Federation of Housewives' Clubs, Citizens' Alliance for Consumer Protection, National Council of Homemakers' Classes, Korea Consumer Education Center, Consumers Union of Korea, Korean Federation of Young Men's Christian Associations, Korea Consumer Affairs Institute | |
