Jogyuil Jinju Mayor Meets Deputy Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Requests "Proceed with New LH Recruitment"

Mayor Jo Gyu-il Takes Successive Steps to Address Local Issues with Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum and Deputy Minister of Strategy and Finance

Mayor Jo Gyu-il on the right and First Vice Minister Yoon Sung-won of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are having a meeting.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 28th, Jinju Mayor Cho Gyu-il met with Yoon Sung-won, the 1st Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to convey the opinions of local residents regarding the LH (Korea Land and Housing Corporation) innovation plan and requested that new LH recruitments be practically carried out.

Mayor Cho's visit came following the announcement at the 32nd Real Estate Market Ministers' Meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Hong Nam-ki the previous day, where a reduction of 1,064 LH personnel was confirmed.

Mayor Cho said, "With the LH workforce reduction plan decided, there is concern that once LH enters the restructuring process through labor-management consultations internally, the progress of new recruitments will slow down," adding, "The government should recognize a separate quota for LH so that new recruitments can be practically carried out."

He also expressed concern, saying, "If an additional reduction of about 1,000 LH personnel proceeds, some LH employees working at headquarters will be transferred to regional headquarters, which will have a rapid negative economic impact on Jinju Innovation City."

In response, Vice Minister Yoon said, "I understand that LH has announced it will continue new recruitments at a certain level despite workforce reductions," and added, "We will proceed with new recruitments to minimize the impact on local jobs."

Following a dinner meeting with Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum on the 15th, Mayor Cho also met with Ahn Do-gul, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, on the 22nd and requested, "Please allow LH to promptly proceed with new recruitments so that the hopes of local youths preparing to join LH can be sustained."

Meanwhile, during the meeting on this day, Jinju City also took the opportunity to explain to Vice Minister Yoon the revitalization project of the original downtown area around Jinju Jungang-dong and Okbong-dong, which applied for the 2nd Urban Regeneration New Deal Project promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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