Seungro Lee, Seongbuk-gu Mayor, Conducts Customized In-House Broadcast Year-End Ceremony for COVID-19

Published 31 Dec.2020 14:32(KST)

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On the morning of the 31st, Lee Seung-ro, the Mayor of Seongbuk District, took on the role of daily host to express his gratitude to the 1,500 Seongbuk District employees who protected the lives and safety of 450,000 Seongbuk residents on the front lines of COVID-19 response throughout the year. He also urged everyone to remain vigilant and do their best until the day the pandemic ends.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) held a year-end ceremony in the form of an in-house broadcast.

In line with the government's extension of social distancing level 2.5 and to ensure exemplary practice as well as the health and safety of employees, Seongbuk-gu conducted a 10-minute live year-end ceremony broadcast starting at 9 a.m. on the 31st.

On this day, Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, served as the daily host.

About 1,500 Seongbuk-gu employees working in all departments of the district office, 20 community service centers within the district, and related organizations participated in the non-face-to-face year-end ceremony by listening from their respective locations.

Mayor Lee Seung-ro began the broadcast with a greeting, saying, “I express my gratitude and respect to the Seongbuk-gu employees who have worked tirelessly on the front lines of the unprecedented year of COVID-19 response to protect the health and safety of 450,000 Seongbuk-gu residents.”

The mayor stated, “When Seongbuk-gu became the epicenter of the COVID-19 resurgence last August, we felt a sense of crisis, but by uniting the minds of Seongbuk-gu members to respond, it became an opportunity to demonstrate Seongbuk-gu’s resilience.”

Along with this, he attributed the results of receiving more than 20 external awards by faithfully performing the role of local government most closely connected to residents’ lives even in crisis situations and discovering policies that resonate with daily life to each and every employee who quietly stayed on the front lines.

Mayor Lee, who had often swallowed tears while speaking about Seongbuk-gu employees working hard at COVID-19 quarantine sites, read the script with a calm voice full of emotion during this broadcast as well.

He concluded the broadcast with a request, saying, “At this moment, I send my respect to the Seongbuk-gu family who are guarding the COVID-19 response sites even in the cold, and as the last bastion of 450,000 Seongbuk-gu residents, let us not loosen our vigilance and gather strength once more for the swift end of COVID-19.”

A Seongbuk-gu employee who listened to the year-end ceremony broadcast said, “The eventful year 2020 flashed before my eyes like a slideshow,” and added, “There were days I wanted to give up, but just as colleagues encouraged and supported each other to gain strength, I resolved to work hard for the early end of COVID-19 in 2021 as well.”

They also shared, “Since previous year-end ceremonies involved many employees gathering to share the year’s achievements and make resolutions for the new year, I thought the non-face-to-face ceremony would feel awkward, but seeing how non-face-to-face events have become familiar and natural, I realized how much our daily lives have changed due to COVID-19, and I felt a small pride in the administration leading by example.”