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The event was attended by Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun, Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jae-gap, Minister of Employment and Labor, Park Young-sun, Minister of Small and Medium Venture Business, Lim Seo-jeong, chief of jobs at the Blue House, Lee Nak-yeon, president of the Democratic Party, Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee, and Son Kyung-sik, chairman of the Korea Employers Federation.
Mid-term Central Chairman Kim Ki-moon said in an opening remark, “60.3% of all SMEs faced the worst economic environment since the IMF financial crisis, such as a decline in sales last year,” and asked them to do all they can to overcome the crisis.
In addition, they appealed for △continuous support for resolving the liquidity crisis, △preparation of supplementary measures for the severe disaster punishment law △recognition of the 52-hour weekly exception considering the specificity of the industry, and △the establishment of a fair economic ecosystem between large and small companies.
Representatives of SMEs who participated through the video conferencing system requested △extending the maturity of loans due to the liquidity crisis, △applying flexible quarantine regulations considering the industry, △reduction of income tax and VAT.
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