Children sing safe songs

- Children singing contest held with three teams winning the grand prizes

- 10 trophies to children singing at Sang-am open hall on 19^th September

19^th September, 2012

The nation-wide children singing contest ‘safe song contest’ was held giving three teams the grand prizes including a team from Nam-moon elementary school in Bu-san. This contest was organized to boost children’s awareness on safety and help them prevent accidents that could occur in their school or daily lives.

President Hun-ki Baek of KOSHA granted 3 grand prizes, 3 runner-up prizes, 3 participation prize and 1 special prize in the safety in work places, safety in school, and safety in daily lives categories respectively. The awards were given after the final competition finished at the open hall of SBS, one of the broadcasting companies in Korea, at 19^th September.

For the past two months from June to July, 69 teams competed in the preliminary audition leaving only 10 teams in the final competition which is hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Public Administration and Security, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and Hyundai Motors, and organized by KOSHA and Citizens’ Coalition for Safety celebrating 5^th anniversary.

A person from KOSHA said “This contest would serve as an opportunity to help them feel the importance of safety and act safely in their daily lives.” hoping that children would be familiar with ‘safety’ through this competition. End.