Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok, "Thorough Pre-Holiday Preparations for Lunar New Year, Ensuring Citizens' Safety and Convenience"

Maintain Emergency Response System, Prepare for Unexpected Situations Such as Citizen Inconvenience and Safety Accidents
Sector-Specific Measures for Traffic and Medical Services, Household Waste Collection, and Safety at Multi-Use Facilities

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang held an executive meeting at the City Hall External Cooperation Office on the 24th, urging each department to actively prepare in advance with the safety and convenience of citizens as the top priority during the Lunar New Year holiday period.

On the 24th, Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang held an executive meeting at City Hall and ordered thorough preparations for citizen safety during the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo by Pohang City

On this day, Mayor Lee requested the senior officials to thoroughly maintain an emergency response system to minimize citizens' inconvenience, as the holiday period has been extended due to the temporary public holiday, ensuring no gaps in citizen safety and administrative services.

In particular, since this is a period with heavy travel such as homecoming visitors, he emphasized the need to carefully review traffic measures once again and to thoroughly inspect the emergency medical system so that citizens do not experience difficulties in using medical institutions during the holiday period, especially in light of the recent outbreak of respiratory diseases such as influenza.

He also instructed measures to prevent any inconvenience in garbage collection, which is closely related to citizens' daily lives, and urged active promotion of measures that can enhance citizen convenience, such as normal operation of major tourist facilities and free use of public parking lots at traditional markets, focusing efforts to stabilize livelihoods and revitalize local commercial districts.

Furthermore, Mayor Lee ordered thorough safety inspections of traditional markets and multi-use facilities where crowds gather, and called for flawless measures in cooperation with related organizations to prevent forest fires and ensure citizens can have a safe holiday.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “Pohang city officials will do their utmost without any gaps in their respective positions to ensure that both Pohang citizens and homecoming visitors have a joyful and safe holiday.”

Pohang City will operate a comprehensive situation room composed of 15 teams and 496 personnel from the 25th to the 30th, covering disaster and accident response, economy, traffic, cleaning and environment, health, and other areas, and plans to respond to various emergencies such as citizen inconveniences and safety accidents that may occur during the holiday period.