Seoul Metropolitan Council Appoints Lee Seung-mi as Chairperson of the Special Committee for Personnel Hearing of Seoul Facilities Corporation President Candidate

▲Chairperson: Assemblywoman Lee Seung-mi (Democratic Party, Seodaemun District 3rd Constituency) ▲Vice Chairpersons: Assemblyman Song Ah-ryang (Democratic Party, Dobong District 4th Constituency) · Assemblyman Lee Seong-bae (People Power Party, Proportional Representation)... Public Hearing for Seoul Facilities Corporation President Candidate (Korea Young, Former Head of Seoul Waterworks Headquarters) to be Held at 10 AM on the 27th

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] The Seoul Metropolitan Council's Special Committee on the Personnel Hearing for the Candidate for Chairman of the Seoul Facilities Corporation held its first meeting at 10 a.m. on the 21st, appointing Councilor Lee Seung-mi (photo, Democratic Party of Korea, Seodaemun 3) as chairperson, and Councilors Song Ah-ryang (Democratic Party of Korea, Dobong 4) and Lee Seong-bae (People Power Party, proportional representation) as vice-chairpersons, respectively.

This special committee, composed of a total of 13 special committee members at the 1st plenary session of the 308th regular meeting (June 10), plans to hold a personnel hearing for the candidate for chairman of the Seoul Facilities Corporation (Han Guk-young, former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Waterworks Headquarters) at 10 a.m. on the 27th.

The special committee was formed through the process of proposing a resolution to organize the steering committee chairperson (June 10) and appointing members (June 10) to select the candidate for chairman of the Seoul Facilities Corporation.

Through the personnel hearing for the candidate for chairman of the Seoul Facilities Corporation, the special committee will conduct a thorough verification of management capabilities and policy execution abilities, transparently and objectively assessing whether the candidate is a suitable talent for improving operational efficiency and citizen convenience of the Seoul Facilities Corporation, a representative public enterprise of Seoul.

The personnel hearing is conducted based on the agreement between the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Seoul Metropolitan Government (Agreement on Conducting Personnel Hearings between the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Council, April 14, 2017) and the related memorandum of understanding (MOU on Personnel Hearing T/F for Appointment Candidates of Heads of Local Public Enterprises under the Seoul Metropolitan Government, April 14, 2017). It is carried out to verify management capabilities on behalf of citizens and to ensure fairness and transparency in the personnel process for the appointment of heads of institutions under the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Chairperson Lee Seung-mi stated, “Since its establishment in September 1983, the Seoul Facilities Corporation has managed major facilities in Seoul and is closely related to citizens' safety in daily life.” She added, “Through the personnel hearing for Han Guk-young, the candidate for chairman of the Seoul Facilities Corporation, we will conduct a thorough verification of management capabilities and policy execution abilities. We plan to transparently and objectively verify whether the candidate is suitable in terms of securing citizen safety, operational efficiency, organizational management, and labor-management harmony for Seoul’s representative public enterprise, the Seoul Facilities Corporation.”

The contents verified through the personnel hearing will be compiled into a personnel hearing progress report according to the ‘Agreement on Conducting Personnel Hearings between the Seoul Metropolitan Council and the Seoul Metropolitan Government.’ The council will send the hearing progress report within 10 days (excluding holidays) after the personnel hearing is conducted, starting from the date the request was received (June 16).

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