Prime Minister Han Deok-soo met workers who went to work for the first time in the new year on bus No.
146 is an intra-city bus that runs between Sanggye-dong and Gangnam Station in Seoul, and is mainly used by cleaning and security workers who commute from residential areas in Gangbuk to downtown Gangnam.
Prime Minister Han took the first train leaving at 4:05 am and listened to the difficulties of the passengers.
Passengers made requests such as "I have to finish cleaning the building before the office staff come out, so when I get off at the bus stop, I have to run to the building where I work" and "It would be better if the first bus was delayed by 10 to 15 minutes," the Prime Minister's Office said in a press release. communicated through.
Prime Minister Han replied, "I have heard that there are many such requests, and I have been discussing with the Seoul Metropolitan Government since the end of the year." I did.
Eui-seung Kim, the 1st Vice Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government, who rode the bus together, said, "It will be able to be realized smoothly around the middle of this month through labor-management consultations and driver recruitment procedures."
The Prime Minister's Office explained that Mayor Oh is actively pursuing a plan to advance the first bus time of Bus 146 by 15 minutes from the current 4:05 to 3:50.
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Prime Minister Han handed out bunny-shaped hot packs to bus drivers and passengers.
He also encouraged the drivers and transport personnel waiting at garage number 146.
Afterward, Prime Minister Han said on Facebook, "When I told the ladies, 'From mid-January, you will be able to get on the first train that departs 15 minutes earlier,' they were delighted like a girl, saying, 'Oh, that's really good. I'm lucky from the new year.'" told
He added, “I hear the words of the lady who said she was happy to have a job even though she went to work at 4:00 in the morning.”
(Photo = Courtesy of the Prime Minister's Office, Yonhap News)