Sacheon City Implements Comprehensive Chuseok Holiday Measures to Ensure Public Well-being and Safety

Implementation of 19 Measures Across Four Key Areas, Including Prices, Welfare, Disaster, and Transportation
Comprehensive Situation Room to Operate During the Holiday to Respond to Incidents and Citizen Inconveniences

Sacheon City in South Gyeongsang Province has implemented a comprehensive plan ahead of the Chuseok holiday, covering prices, welfare, disaster and safety, transportation, medical care, tourism, and daily conveniences.

The city announced that it has designated September 14 to 27 as the core period for carrying out its Chuseok comprehensive plan, and will enforce 19 measures across four major areas, with the participation of 20 departments.

[Provided by Sacheon City] Sacheon City is promoting a comprehensive plan covering prices, welfare, disaster safety, transportation, medical care, tourism, and daily conveniences ahead of the Chuseok holidays. The photo shows the front view of Sacheon City Hall.

In particular, during the Chuseok holiday period from the 24th to the 27th, the deputy mayor will oversee the operation of the comprehensive task force room to respond to various incidents, accidents, and citizen inconveniences.

First, to manage the prices of staple holiday goods and daily necessities, the city will run a comprehensive price control center and a joint inspection team. It will monitor supply and price trends for 21 agricultural, livestock, and fishery products, including cabbage, radish, apples, pears, beef, pork, eggs, and pollock.

The city will also check for proper price labeling and compliance with origin labeling for agricultural and fishery products, and will conduct guidance and crackdowns on the use of improper measuring devices, hoarding, and unfair collusion. Safety inspections will be carried out at traditional markets, large supermarkets, terminals, and power and gas supply facilities.

Support measures for vulnerable groups are also being promoted. From the 14th to the 23rd, the city will provide daily necessities and consolation money worth a total of 145,413,000 won to 3,405 underprivileged individuals and 36 social welfare facilities.

It will deliver gift packages to 346 senior centers and inspect the safety of their facilities, and check the functioning of relevant devices—such as fire and motion detectors—for 1,297 recipients of the emergency safety assurance service for seniors living alone.

For 2,837 recipients of the customized senior care service, the city will check on their well-being before and after the holiday period, and will provide advance information on restaurants participating in the meal assistance program to 998 children eligible for meal support during the holiday.

The disaster safety situation room will operate 24 hours a day in three shifts throughout the four-day holiday. Safety inspections will also be conducted at multi-use facilities—such as Sacheon Terminal, Samcheonpo Yonggung Seafood Market, traditional markets, large supermarkets, and cinemas—covering building, fire, electrical, mechanical, and gas systems.

In the transportation sector, the city will operate a special transportation task force room, and from the 23rd to the 24th will deploy around 70 personnel, including police and related organizations, to manage traffic guidance and parking at congested areas like Sacheon-eup Market and Samcheonpo Yonggung Seafood Market.

During the holiday, an emergency medical treatment system will be in place. Forty-five locations—including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and public health centers—will maintain medical care services, while three local emergency centers and facilities will operate emergency rooms 24 hours a day. In addition, 35 hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies that will remain open during the holiday are designated and will be in operation.

A 24-hour emergency contact system will be maintained to prepare for the potential outbreak of infectious diseases. In the event of waterborne or food-borne infectious diseases, the city will conduct epidemiological investigations and on-site disease control. Disinfection and preventative measures will be reinforced at livestock farms and related facilities to prevent animal epidemics.

To cope with increasing tourist numbers, safety inspections will be conducted in advance at 49 locations including hotels, campsites, theme parks, and major tourist sites, and a tourism response team will also be in operation during the holiday period. At 146 public restrooms, the city will check for cleanliness, proper facility operation, and the absence of illegal hidden cameras.

[Photo courtesy of Sacheon City] Park Dongsik, mayor of Sacheon City, participates in a campaign to promote the use of traditional markets for Chuseok, shaking hands and greeting market merchants.

Household waste will be collected as usual on the 24th but will not be collected on Chuseok day, the 25th. On the 26th, only food waste will be collected, and there will be no waste collection on the 27th. A mobile cleaning unit will be operated during the holiday period to address waste-related civil complaints.

In the water supply sector, the city will conduct facility inspections before the holiday and operate a control room and a mobile repair team during the holiday to respond to leaks and water supply accidents.

Dongshik Park, Mayor of Sacheon City, stated, "We will thoroughly monitor the situation on the ground, from prices and care to transportation, medical response, and disaster management," adding, "We will maintain response systems during the holiday to ensure that both citizens and returning visitors have a safe and comfortable Chuseok."

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