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Magong City Office Celebrates Success in Employee Fat Loss Competition

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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- The Magong City Office in Penghu, Taiwan, held a two-month

The Magong City Office in Penghu, Taiwan, has concluded its "Fat Loss Competition," a two-month initiative aimed at fostering a healthier workplace. The event encouraged employees to adopt regular exercise and balanced eating habits, with awards presented to outstanding individuals and teams on July 14.

Health is the greatest asset of our colleagues and an important foundation for improving the quality of public services.

โ€” Huang Chien-chungMagong Mayor Huang Chien-chung speaking at the awards ceremony for the fat loss competition.

A total of 33 individuals and 5 teams participated, demonstrating the tangible results of promoting a healthy work environment through dietary management, consistent exercise, and self-care. The competition highlighted the importance of self-discipline and perseverance, as employees balanced demanding public duties with new health routines.

Magong Mayor Huang Chien-chung also joined the competition, successfully reducing his body fat by 2% over two months. He praised the participants' dedication, noting that their efforts made the competition more meaningful and showcased the spirit of mutual encouragement and shared growth.

The City Office's fat loss competition is not about pursuing short-term numerical changes, but about guiding employees to develop regular exercise, balanced diet, and self-management lifestyles through health promotion activities.

โ€” Huang Chien-chungMagong Mayor Huang Chien-chung explaining the goals of the fat loss competition.

The individual champion achieved a fat loss rate of 4.1%, while the winning team reached a cumulative 14.1% fat loss. Mayor Huang emphasized that health is a vital asset for public servants, contributing to the quality of public service. He pledged to continue promoting diverse health initiatives to create a supportive, healthy, and happy workplace, enabling staff to serve the public with greater vitality.

We will continue to promote diverse health promotion measures to create a friendly, healthy, and happy workplace environment, allowing colleagues to devote themselves to public service with more abundant physical and mental strength and continue to improve the quality of service to the people.

โ€” Huang Chien-chungMagong Mayor Huang Chien-chung outlining future plans for workplace health initiatives.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.