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Busan, MOU for Customer Service Center with GS Home Shopping Inc.

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Busan announced that investment MOU for the Busan customer service center will be concluded by Hur, Nam Sik, the mayor of Busan, and Hur Tae Su, the president of GS Home Shopping Inc. in the Busan City hall on May 14.

GS Home Shopping Busan customer service center will be opened on the middle of July at the KT Busan building in Bumil-dong, and from the contents of MOU, it can be expanded additionally according to its accomplishment.

According to an official from Busan, Busan induced the customer service center through intense competition with Gwangju and Daegu from the end of 2005, and because it is big enterprise’s customer service, that will be helped to solve the problem of young unemployment in Busan.

GS Home Shopping Inc. announced that from the end of April to the beginning of May, about 600 people apply to work in the customer service, and it shows Busan has excellent human resource infrastructure, and from using the young employment, they will help regional economy.

In this year, large contact centers keep coming in Busan. It seems to be from the mayor of Busan’s efforts. Because Busan has not enough land for industries, the mayor of Busan focused on downtown type of industry promotion and supported them administratively and financially.

According to Busan, Busan will keep trying to induce large scaled contact center of big enterprises and government investment institute from expanding various infrastructures, having contact center conference and continuous supporting.

【Process Status of Contact center】

◇ the goal of 2007: 10 companies, 2,000 seats ◇

* Inducement result: 26 companies, 4,851seats

○ In 2005: 8 companies, 1,750 seats

○ In 2006: 12 companies, 2,019 seats

○ In April 2007: 6 companies, 1,082seats

▷ Shinhan Life Insurance (110seats), Telejoy〔Dongbu Life Insurance (36seats), Meritz Fire Insurance (36seats)〕, CJ Cable net(180 seats), MPC〔AIG Life Insurance (170 seats)〕, Daehan Life Insurance(300seats), GS Home Shopping (250seats)

** This article is translated based on Korean News

Source: Busan city (2007.05.11)