For Public Transportation FAILURE in SG Loong ust follow Park in taking up responsibility for Publi Transportation Safety. We know that Public Transportation Safety is also issue in SG as well besides capacity shortage and reliability isdues.
Wake up Loong!
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157469.html
Park will dismantle Coast Guard
President Park Geun-hye sheds tears towards the end of her televised speech from Cheong Wa Dae, Monday, while naming those who performed heroic acts in the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking.
/*Korea Times photo by Koh Young-kwon
Two agencies to be launched;*April 16 named as Safety Day
By Kang Seung-woo
President Park Geun-hye made a televised apology to the nation Monday for the flawed emergency response to the April 16 sinking of the Sewol ferry, holding herself ultimately responsible.
Park also unveiled plans to revamp the national safety system and other reforms, highlighted by her intention to abolish the Korea Coast Guard.
"As the president who is responsible for the life and safety of the people, I truly apologize for all the suffering inflicted upon the people," Park told the nation at Cheong Wa Dae. None of her senior staff were present, breaking the usual protocol.
The address comes as the Park administration and the ruling Saenuri Party*face escalating criticism for their mishandling of the capsized Sewol ferry ahead of the June 4 local elections.
More than 300 people died or were listed missing, most of them high school students on a field trip to Jeju Island and Park has seen her approval rating plunge by nearly 20 points since the accident.
As part of overhauling the country's safety system, Park said she will disband the Korea Coast Guard for its failed rescue operation and create a safety agency to deal with maritime disasters. Its investigation and information roles will be transferred to the National Police Agency (NPA).
"Had the Coast Guard taken quicker and more proactive rescue operations, the number of casualties could have been smaller," Park said. "In fact, its rescue efforts failed."
She added that the current Coast Guard would not be able to prevent another disaster.
Ongoing investigation into the sinking found that the vessel was overloaded thanks to a false reporting on weight.
Before the accident, the ferry often carried much more cargo than allowed, but no one in supervisory positions stopped it due to cozy relations between shipping companies and their supervisors.
Park stressed that it was important to eradicate abnormal practices, such as reserving plum jobs for retired government servants in the firms they had supervision over.
"This accident showed how big a calamity can be brought about by the abnormal practice of collusion between the government and civilians and the deep-rooted culture of putting personal and other relations ahead of official duties," Park said.
According to her, the Korea Shipping Association, a lobbying group for the shipping industry, has the right to inspect the safety of vessels and retired government officials have taken up positions in the association.
"Given that there are collusive ties between the supervisory authorities and the regulated shipping industry, it is clear that safety inspection cannot be properly carried out," said the president.
In order to prevent the harmful effects of a bureaucratic mafia, Park said the government would not appoint government officials to the positions charged with supervising safety regulations and there will be tougher restrictions on former government officials taking up jobs related to their duties.
"I will carry out renovations from the point of appointment of government officials and to the point of their retirement to make the bureaucracy more open and equipped with expertise," she said.
She also criticized Chonghaejin Marine, the sunken ferry operator, for its "greedy” pursuit of profits, saying the government would seek to force the company to return its ill-gotten profits to the victims.*
Meanwhile, during her visit to the UAE, Park will visit the Akh Unit that has been stationed there since 2011.
The 150-troop unit helps train the Middle East nation's special operations forces.
Meanwhile, Park flew to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the ceremony marking the installation of a Korean-built nuclear reactor at a power plant under construction there.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157469.html
Park will dismantle Coast Guard
President Park Geun-hye sheds tears towards the end of her televised speech from Cheong Wa Dae, Monday, while naming those who performed heroic acts in the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking.
/*Korea Times photo by Koh Young-kwon
Two agencies to be launched;*April 16 named as Safety Day
By Kang Seung-woo
President Park Geun-hye made a televised apology to the nation Monday for the flawed emergency response to the April 16 sinking of the Sewol ferry, holding herself ultimately responsible.
Park also unveiled plans to revamp the national safety system and other reforms, highlighted by her intention to abolish the Korea Coast Guard.
"As the president who is responsible for the life and safety of the people, I truly apologize for all the suffering inflicted upon the people," Park told the nation at Cheong Wa Dae. None of her senior staff were present, breaking the usual protocol.
The address comes as the Park administration and the ruling Saenuri Party*face escalating criticism for their mishandling of the capsized Sewol ferry ahead of the June 4 local elections.
More than 300 people died or were listed missing, most of them high school students on a field trip to Jeju Island and Park has seen her approval rating plunge by nearly 20 points since the accident.
As part of overhauling the country's safety system, Park said she will disband the Korea Coast Guard for its failed rescue operation and create a safety agency to deal with maritime disasters. Its investigation and information roles will be transferred to the National Police Agency (NPA).
"Had the Coast Guard taken quicker and more proactive rescue operations, the number of casualties could have been smaller," Park said. "In fact, its rescue efforts failed."
She added that the current Coast Guard would not be able to prevent another disaster.
Ongoing investigation into the sinking found that the vessel was overloaded thanks to a false reporting on weight.
Before the accident, the ferry often carried much more cargo than allowed, but no one in supervisory positions stopped it due to cozy relations between shipping companies and their supervisors.
Park stressed that it was important to eradicate abnormal practices, such as reserving plum jobs for retired government servants in the firms they had supervision over.
"This accident showed how big a calamity can be brought about by the abnormal practice of collusion between the government and civilians and the deep-rooted culture of putting personal and other relations ahead of official duties," Park said.
According to her, the Korea Shipping Association, a lobbying group for the shipping industry, has the right to inspect the safety of vessels and retired government officials have taken up positions in the association.
"Given that there are collusive ties between the supervisory authorities and the regulated shipping industry, it is clear that safety inspection cannot be properly carried out," said the president.
In order to prevent the harmful effects of a bureaucratic mafia, Park said the government would not appoint government officials to the positions charged with supervising safety regulations and there will be tougher restrictions on former government officials taking up jobs related to their duties.
"I will carry out renovations from the point of appointment of government officials and to the point of their retirement to make the bureaucracy more open and equipped with expertise," she said.
She also criticized Chonghaejin Marine, the sunken ferry operator, for its "greedy” pursuit of profits, saying the government would seek to force the company to return its ill-gotten profits to the victims.*
Meanwhile, during her visit to the UAE, Park will visit the Akh Unit that has been stationed there since 2011.
The 150-troop unit helps train the Middle East nation's special operations forces.
Meanwhile, Park flew to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the ceremony marking the installation of a Korean-built nuclear reactor at a power plant under construction there.
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Park takes on officialdom
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