Gyeongnam Taxi Industry Suffering from COVID-19... Gyeongnam Provincial Council Begins Listening to Current Issues

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] On the 11th, Han Ok-moon, chairman of the Construction and Firefighting Committee of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council, held a communication meeting with taxi industry officials at the provincial council to listen to livelihood issues.

The meeting was organized to discuss ways to alleviate the difficulties faced by the taxi industry due to COVID-19.

Attendees included Seok Wook-hee, Director of Gyeongnam Provincial Transportation Policy Division, Park In-gyu, Head of the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the National Democratic Taxi Labor Union, and Jeong Jeong-bae, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of the National Taxi Industry Labor Union.

The taxi industry representatives conveyed issues such as support for installing transparent partitions to block droplets, raising the limit on card payment fee support for taxi fares, and financial support for improving long-term service treatment for general taxi drivers.

Chairman Han said, "I will do my best to ensure that the livelihood issues discussed at today's meeting are actively reflected in Gyeongnam Province's transportation policies."