Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok Engages in On-Site Communication on Lunar New Year's Day 'Into the Lives of the People'

Listening to and Encouraging Opinions of Songdo Live Fish Market and Jukdo Merchants

On-site Work at Health Center, Wildfire Response Center, and City Hall Situation Room

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the 21st, Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang City visited various local livelihood sites to listen to voices from the field, and encouraged and communicated with officials at quarantine and frontline sites who were working diligently even during the holiday.

In the early morning of the day, Mayor Lee visited Songdo Live Fish Market and Jukdo Fish Market consecutively, meeting merchants who were devoted to their livelihoods despite the difficult situation caused by the economic downturn, listening to their difficulties, and examining the trends of the low-income economy and people's livelihoods.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang is visiting Jukdo Fish Market on the 21st to encourage the merchants.

In particular, he repeatedly emphasized the thorough compliance with quarantine rules within the markets to create a safe environment, and delivered a hopeful encouragement message to fishermen to have a good Lunar New Year holiday.

He then visited the cafeteria for environmental workers, encouraging the staff who came to work early in the morning despite the holiday, and said, “Although you are working hard during the holiday period, I hope you carry out your duties with a sense of mission so that citizens can have an enjoyable Lunar New Year holiday.”

To ensure citizens' safety, including prevention of forest fires and infectious diseases, he visited the Nam-gu and Buk-gu Health Centers and the Nam-gu and Buk-gu Forest Fire Response Centers, which operate during the holiday, encouraging the officials, and also visited the City Hall Disaster Situation Room and Duty Office, ordering prompt and preemptive measures to prevent accidents and respond swiftly to emergencies during the holiday period.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok visited the Nam-gu wildfire response center on the 21st and urged the staff to be thorough in ensuring a safe Lunar New Year holiday.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok said, “Thanks to your hard work and sacrifice, citizens can feel safe and enjoy the holiday,” and urged, “Please do your utmost to ensure that the comprehensive Lunar New Year holiday measures are carried out without any issues so that citizens can have a safe and comfortable holiday.”

Pohang City established a ‘Comprehensive Lunar New Year Holiday Measures’ plan to inspect and prevent citizen inconveniences that may occur during the holiday period, and from the 21st to the 24th, organized 337 personnel to operate a comprehensive situation room and conduct emergency duty for four days.

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