Presidential Office Selects 13 Public Proposals Including Weekly PC Bang Youth Employment

10,874 National Proposals Received in Q1
5 Outstanding Proposals Selected Including Improvements to Multi-Child National Scholarship Support

The Presidential Office announced on the 23rd that it has selected 13 items for the '3rd National Proposal Policy Tasks' aimed at improving inconveniences and irrationalities in the daily lives of the people.

The Presidential Office conducted the third policy review on 10,874 national proposals received in the first quarter of this year, and after consultations with relevant ministries and discussions at the National Proposal Review Committee, it finalized the adoption of 13 items, according to a press release. Previously, 17 items were adopted in the 1st task announced on December 29 last year, and 15 items in the 2nd task on April 6.

The main areas of the policy tasks adopted this time are ▲support for vulnerable groups (2 items) ▲enhancement of fairness (3 items) ▲support for childcare and youth (5 items) ▲resolution of daily inconveniences (3 items).

The National Proposal Review Committee, considering public empathy, creativity, and effectiveness, also selected five excellent proposals including ▲improvement of the support method for national scholarships for families with multiple children ▲expansion of the application scope of reduced working hours during childcare periods ▲mandatory indication of entrance numbers on braille guide signs at subway stations ▲expansion of parental choice in joint purchase of school uniforms ▲exemption of fees for electronic registration certificate issued via electronic wallet by the owner themselves.

Other selected proposals include ▲allowing limited family activity support for severely developmentally disabled persons who have difficulty using the disability activity support system ▲strengthening appropriate use guidance to prevent private use of corporate membership rights and verifying reports extracting corporations suspected of non-compliance ▲measures to prevent the transfer of liability for illegal acts of the transferor to the bona fide transferee in business transfer and acquisition ▲restricting participation of companies with duplicate or inappropriate use in small and medium enterprise development fund support projects ▲allowing youth employment in PC rooms during daytime ▲simplification of school transfer documents ▲guidelines for using noise devices to repel birds during harvest season ▲improving reservist meal quality through preparation and disclosure of detailed standards for meal support by the Ministry of National Defense.

Kang Seung-gyu, Senior Secretary for Civil Society, stated, "The 'National Proposal,' which allows us to hear the voices of the people directly, is the most important basic data for policy." He added, "We will continue to discover life-oriented policy tasks by using each valuable proposal from the people as a guide."

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