Ha Byung-pil Acting Authority “76 Projects Proposed by Gyeongnam, Efforts Needed to Adopt as New Government National Tasks”

Gyeongsangnam-do Expanded Executive Meeting.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Ha Byeong-pil, Acting Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do, emphasized on the 8th, one day before the 20th presidential election, "Please do your best to ensure that Gyeongnam's strategic tasks are included in the new government's national agenda."

At the expanded executive meeting held at the provincial office's Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters that day, Acting Governor Ha said, "Work with a clear sense of purpose to persuade the transition committee so that Gyeongnam's urgent current projects, future growth engines, and the wishes of the residents are definitely adopted as national agenda items by the new government."

He urged, "Cooperate with the Election Commission to actively support quarantine and fair election management so that residents can vote on-site without difficulties or inconveniences."

Earlier, Gyeongsangnam-do had identified the 'New Government Gyeongsangnam-do Strategic Tasks' in September last year and proposed them to each political party, and is currently analyzing the presidential candidates' pledges for the Gyeongnam region to concretize implementation plans.

When the daily COVID-19 cases in the province recently exceeded 10,000, Acting Governor Ha ordered, "To prevent the workload on public health centers, which are at the forefront of quarantine, from increasing, immediately support matters that can be resolved internally from the field's suggestions and promptly follow procedures for those that need to be proposed to the central government."

He added, "It is expected that the number of confirmed cases will remain at the current level for the time being," and said, "Please accelerate additional hospital bed procurement and the transition system for treatment at local clinics and hospitals in cooperation with the medical community."

Regarding the Hapcheon wildfire that occurred on the 28th of last month, burning 675ha and extinguished after 27 hours, he said, "With the ongoing drought and a dry weather advisory continuing for a month, we must maintain the highest level of vigilance," and added, "During the thawing season, we must prepare for and inspect not only wildfires but also various safety accidents."

Referring to recent incidents in the province such as trichloromethane poisoning and a fall accident during ship repair, Acting Governor Ha emphasized, "Safety must never be neglected," and urged, "Raise the sense of crisis felt on-site to the highest level and carry out accident prevention activities."

He said, "It is a difficult and challenging time due to the spread of COVID-19, winter drought and wildfires, the southward spread of avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever (ASF), and corporate damages caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine," and added, "Especially in such times, public officials need to make efforts to secure the lives, property, and safety of residents and fulfill their administrative service obligations to residents under any circumstances."

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