Busan City Holds 'Unique Online Opening Ceremony'

Mayor Oh Keo-don Strengthens New Year Resolve by Communicating Online with Staff

Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don. (Photo by Busan City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Yoseop] Busan City held a unique online opening ceremony on the 3rd.

Busan City skipped the 2020 staff opening ceremony and replaced it with delivering New Year's greetings and administrative messages online. The traditional ceremony, where hundreds of employees gathered in one place, has changed this year to watching a New Year's video message through department TVs.

On that day, Mayor Oh Keo-don personally shook hands with employees arriving at the first-floor lobby to deliver New Year's greetings, then delivered an online video message from his office at 9 a.m.

In his New Year's address, Mayor Oh said, "This year, entering the third year of the 7th elected term, we will realize the 'first year of leap to a global metropolitan economic hub city' by producing practical and concrete achievements that citizens can feel."

He continued, expressing his determination to "accelerate the construction of the Southeast Gateway Airport, attract the 2030 Busan World Expo, and fully promote the Busan Grand Renovation Project, further strengthening the functions of the Northeast Asian maritime capital."

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