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President says job market will take years to improve
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday rejected rosy predictions about the country's job market, warning the employment situation was "serious" and calling for renewed efforts to promote job creation.
"Claims that the job market will improve in one or two years are nothing but
political slogans not based on facts," the president said in a weekly meeting of
his special economic management committee.
Though Lee has often warned against premature exit strategies, noting the global
crisis will continue for some time, he has rarely voiced such a grim outlook.
"The economy is starting to improve, but the employment problem is still very
serious," the president was quoted as saying by his spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye.
The president called on the ruling and opposition parties to expedite
government-proposed revisions that would remove or ease unnecessary regulations
in the service industry and thereby help create more jobs, according to Kim.
"The president also noted the government must not loosen its guard because
economic conditions for ordinary citizens are still dire," the spokeswoman said
in a released statement.
"The government must continue to devote all its energy to fighting the economic
crisis with swift implementation of stimulus packages and budget spending," the
president said during the meeting.
The government said Thursday it will continue to inject money into a temporary
job program through next year to create over half a million jobs.
Nearly 650,000 jobs, including 100,000 for laid off workers and 50,000 for those
just entering the job market, will be created in 2010 alone, according to the
plans announced by the prime minister's office.
"The government has been able to effectively manage the unprecedented crisis in
the employment market through various measures that included timely injection of
a supplementary budget. The government will continue to do its utmost to help
create jobs while working to overcome the crisis," Kwon Tae-shin, the prime
minister's chief of staff, told reporters.
bdk@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday rejected rosy predictions about the country's job market, warning the employment situation was "serious" and calling for renewed efforts to promote job creation.
"Claims that the job market will improve in one or two years are nothing but
political slogans not based on facts," the president said in a weekly meeting of
his special economic management committee.
Though Lee has often warned against premature exit strategies, noting the global
crisis will continue for some time, he has rarely voiced such a grim outlook.
"The economy is starting to improve, but the employment problem is still very
serious," the president was quoted as saying by his spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye.
The president called on the ruling and opposition parties to expedite
government-proposed revisions that would remove or ease unnecessary regulations
in the service industry and thereby help create more jobs, according to Kim.
"The president also noted the government must not loosen its guard because
economic conditions for ordinary citizens are still dire," the spokeswoman said
in a released statement.
"The government must continue to devote all its energy to fighting the economic
crisis with swift implementation of stimulus packages and budget spending," the
president said during the meeting.
The government said Thursday it will continue to inject money into a temporary
job program through next year to create over half a million jobs.
Nearly 650,000 jobs, including 100,000 for laid off workers and 50,000 for those
just entering the job market, will be created in 2010 alone, according to the
plans announced by the prime minister's office.
"The government has been able to effectively manage the unprecedented crisis in
the employment market through various measures that included timely injection of
a supplementary budget. The government will continue to do its utmost to help
create jobs while working to overcome the crisis," Kwon Tae-shin, the prime
minister's chief of staff, told reporters.
bdk@yna.co.kr
(END)
