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New Taipei City Health Director Chen Runqiu pointed out that in order to encourage sedentary office workers to make good use of their spare time for exercise, the city government launched the "Stride in the Workplace to Move Together" lottery.
In order to encourage sedentary office workers to make good use of their spare time for exercise, the New Taipei City Government launched the "Stride in the Workplace to Move Together" lottery. (Photo provided by New Taipei City Health Bureau)
In order to encourage sedentary office workers to make good use of their spare time for exercise, New Taipei City Government Health Director Chen Runqiu pointed out that the city government launched the "Stride in the Workplace" The lucky draw event calls on all workplace colleagues in the city to form teams to challenge for lottery prizes. Each team consists of 3 to 5 people. Participants use the "Workplace Stride" function of the New Taipei Dong Health APP to form teams. The event period is from October 27 to November 16. Teams that reach an average of 7,000 steps per day can qualify for the lottery with a total prize of up to 500,000 yuan, with the maximum prize being 30,000 yuan in cash. The top 20 companies that have made the most of their fortunes in the workplace can receive an additional 3,000 yuan in gift certificates. Registration for the event ends on October 21.
The Health Bureau stated that office workers can make good use of the odd moments in their lives to exercise, such as taking the stairs instead of taking the elevator, walking to buy lunch during lunch breaks, and getting off the bus one stop earlier, which can easily increase their activity. This event encourages colleagues to join groups and cheer each other up, making "walking together" a new trend in the workplace. All workplaces are welcome to form walking groups, please contact the "New Taipei Sports Health" website for details.
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