(Daegu = Yonhap News) Reporters Yoon Kwan-sik and Hwang Su-bin = On the 21st, the first day of application for the People's Livelihood Recovery Consumption Coupon, hundreds of people gathered at once at the Daegu Regional Administrative Welfare Center, causing chaos.

There were delays in accessing the Internet homepage where online applications were available, and computer errors occurred at some administrative welfare centers, causing problems with applications.

At around 9:00 AM on this day, at the Administrative Welfare Center in Guam-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu.

As soon as the door opened, it was crowded with residents who came to apply for the livelihood coupons. Most of them were elderly people.

It seemed that they were not familiar with applying for livelihood coupons online, so they came directly to the administrative welfare center.

The majority of residents who applied for the livelihood coupons said they would use them to buy groceries or daily necessities.

Mr. Kim (64) said,"I received text messages here and there asking me to apply today, so I came to apply," and "I plan to buy daily necessities such as shampoo and toilet paper."

Lee Jun-ho (44) said,"I have two children, so I plan to use the coupons to buy things necessary for raising them," and added,"I think it is a good policy for the working class who are having a hard time."

Mr. Bae (69), who revealed that he is a basic livelihood security recipient, said,"I received 430,000 won and I plan to buy shampoo and food," and added,"I am worried that the budget for this livelihood coupon will be too large and burdensome for young people."

On this day, about 70 people flocked to the Guam-dong Administrative Welfare Center within 30 minutes of the start of accepting applications for livelihood coupons.

Some people mistakenly came to the wrong place because they thought the application date was the last digit of their date of birth instead of their year of birth. Some citizens even turned back because of the long waiting line.

Ms. Choi (62), who came with her daughter, said,"There are too many people waiting, so I plan to apply next time."

As soon as the Dalseo-gu Jincheon-dong Administrative Welfare Center opened, about 200 people flocked to the building, crowding the 2nd to 4th floors.

A resident in his 60s said,"I came early in the morning to apply, but the line is already long so I'm waiting."

On this day, Daegu received 27,181 applications for offline livelihood coupons through local township/district administrative welfare centers by 2 p.m.

Since online applications from credit card companies and others have not yet been counted, the final number of applications on the first day is expected to be higher.

On this day, it was discovered that several system errors occurred at an administrative welfare center in Dong-gu, including the identities of some residents who came to apply for livelihood coupons not being checked in the computer system.

A Dong-gu official said,"There were cases where minors could not be searched through the computer system," and "we instructed them to write the application forms by hand."

The Sindang-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Dalseo-gu had trouble receiving applications due to problems with the internet cables caused by recent rain.

Because of this, residents who had been waiting since early in the morning protested to the staff.

On this day, residents experienced inconvenience due to delays in accessing credit card companies' websites that allow online applications.

Mr. Kim (40) said,"I tried accessing the website on my phone this morning and the website was down," and added,"It seems like it's because there are so many people applying, but I'm going to try again later."

In addition, each district and county received a series of phone calls asking questions such as, “Can overseas residents receive livelihood coupons?”, “What should I do if my parents are in a nursing home?”, and “Who should receive the coupons for minors?”

You can apply for the People's Livelihood Recovery Consumption Coupon online and offline from today until September 12th, and the expiration date is November 30th.

City officials said,"The first day's count of applications for the livelihood coupons and the identification of computer errors will be done in the evening," adding,"If there are computer problems, the local administrative welfare center can directly report them to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety."