Why Are We Told to Go to Expensive Restaurants Instead of Cheap Employee Cafeterias?

Busan City Expands Office Cafeteria Closures... "Let's Support Local Businesses"

"We are increasing the number of days off. Please use external restaurants instead of the employee cafeteria!"

Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) is encouraging the use of restaurants outside the government building to ease the difficulties faced by small restaurant business owners who had hoped for a year-end surge. This employee campaign aims to support neighboring restaurant districts by promoting their relatively more expensive food instead of the inexpensive cafeteria inside the building.

On the 30th, Busan City announced that it will add two more days (every other Friday) to the current weekly Wednesday closure of the employee cafeteria to help revitalize the local commercial district.

A city official explained that although the expansion of employee cafeteria closures increases employees' economic burden and causes inconvenience due to having to go outside in cold weather, the city decided to endure these difficulties in consultation with the labor union as part of a win-win approach with neighboring commercial areas.

This closure period will be operated temporarily until the end of February next year, considering the operational status of the employee cafeteria and local economic conditions, and after consultation with the labor union.

On the 19th, Busan City held the 49th Emergency Economic Measures Meeting chaired by Mayor Park Hyung-jun with representatives of small business owners and the tourism industry, agreeing to focus on domestic demand recovery.

They also prepared the "Emergency Livelihood Stabilization 5 Major Projects," investing 450 billion KRW in a total of 24 projects across five areas: boosting consumption, overcoming small business crises, revitalizing tourism, strengthening citizen welfare safety nets, and stabilizing prices.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, "Although the expansion of employee cafeteria closures may cause some inconvenience, Busan City has decided to take the lead in overcoming the difficulties faced by small business owners and self-employed people during the year-end and New Year period."

Busan City Hall.

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