Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "Full Effort to Ensure Seafood Safety and Boost Consumption"

Meeting with Jukdo Market Merchants... Discussing Measures to Increase Visitors and Promote Consumption

On the 1st, Pohang City visited Jukdo Market and held a luncheon meeting with market merchants to promote the consumption of local seafood.

On the morning of the 1st, Pohang City held a luncheon meeting at Jukdo Market to promote seafood consumption. [Image source=Pohang City]

The luncheon meeting was attended by about 20 people, including Mayor Lee Kang-deok, senior officials of Pohang City, the president of the Jukdo Market Merchants Association, and the president of the Northern Market Merchants Association.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok, who attended the meeting, discussed measures to promote consumption with the merchants, anticipating a decrease in seafood consumption due to growing public concerns about seafood safety following the discharge of contaminated water.

Before the luncheon, Mayor Lee revisited the road subsidence site near Jukdo Market to encourage a prompt and detailed safety inspection, and inspected the tower parking lot fall site, ordering rapid restoration of facilities and thorough safety checks to ensure visitor safety.

He also met with merchants who have been experiencing stagnation due to a recent decline in tourists caused by reduced seafood consumption, offering words of comfort.

The mayor said, “We will continue to conduct radiation inspections and transparently disclose the results to alleviate concerns about seafood and revitalize seafood consumption. Let us all?merchants, citizens, and public officials?work together to increase visitors to the local seafood market.”

To revitalize seafood market consumption, Pohang City plans to open public parking lots and nearby street parking free of charge for one month from September 4 to October 3, focusing on increasing visitors and promoting consumption ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

Additionally, to preemptively eliminate risks for visitors, a joint inspection team has been formed with private professional architects to conduct special safety inspections targeting 32 parking lots in buildings with two or more floors within the region. The city plans to devote full efforts to regular inspections and thorough follow-up management to ensure safe use of parking facilities.

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