(布草整理工作现场) 【PLAZA酒店客房部Lee Sanghyeok(智力障碍３级)】 智力障碍3级的Lee Sanghyeok(23岁)一直在翘首等待11月的到来。因为他被特１级酒店——首尔PLAZA酒店客房部录用为正式员工。在韩国，第一个克服发育障碍成为酒店人的小李现正在进行业务实习，学习布草整理与运送工作。“我在专科大学学习了经营学，踏上社会，但作为残疾人，找到工作并持续下去真是一件难事。就业市场本来很冷，对残疾人来说就更加困难。能作为酒店人堂堂正正重新出发真的很高兴。我真的很期待第一天上班。” 包括三名像小李这样的发育障碍残疾人在内的７名重症残疾人正作为酒店人重新开始，预计这今后会为更多重症残疾人进入酒店领域工作开创机会。 为此，首尔市宣布与韩国残疾人雇佣公团、韩华酒店与度假村于28日(周一)签署《残疾酒店人雇佣协议》，并表示将在酒店产业领域扩大对残疾人的正式雇佣。 特１级酒店正式雇佣发育障碍残疾酒店人在韩国尚属首次，是首尔市与韩国残疾人雇佣公团、企业共同努力的结果。 首尔市与韩国残疾人雇佣公团自３月起共同示范实施“残疾人希望计划‘残疾人成为酒店人’”，在实施8个月后就实现了在韩国首次培养出7名重症残疾酒店人之壮举。 韩国残疾人雇佣公团通过提供关于残疾人雇佣的专业咨询，发挥了发掘残疾人可以担任的职务的作用。 首尔市就此内容与许多酒店进行了接触，吸引他们参与项目，PLAZA酒店最早表示有意参与。PLAZA酒店计划除现在发掘的职务外，还在其他领域追加录用８人，截至2014年，将残疾酒店人总数增加至15名。 韩华酒店与度假村除PLAZA酒店外，在休闲服务领域也与韩国残疾人雇佣公团携手，在雇用残疾人方面积极努力，结果今年一年共录用了27名残疾人。他们表示，今后将通过发掘可雇用残疾人的职务，进一步扩大对残疾人的雇佣。 为吸引其他酒店积极参与，首尔市与韩国残疾人雇佣公团今后仍将寻求并推行为相关职务提供针对性培训、事后管理、宣传等各种行政支援方案。

首尔市成为有全世界约84个国家1000余个地方政府会员的世界最大规模的国际环境机构—— ICLEI(国际地方政府环境行动理事会)2015年世界总会的举办城市。 1990年为地方政府之间就环境问题展开国际合作而成立的ICLEI的正式名称为“ICLEI-为了可持续性发展的世界地方政府”，7月首尔还曾吸引ICLEI东亚总部入住首尔国际中心 京都(日本)、斯德哥尔摩(瑞典)、布里斯托尔(英国)、 阿德莱德(澳洲)、奥克兰(新西兰)等许多城市为吸引2015年ICLEI世界总会展开了竞争，ICLEI东亚总部所在城市、正为确保中国会员城市及扩大东亚城市间的交流而努力的首尔市在ICLEI世界执行委员们的压倒性支持下，最终成为2015年世界总会举办地。 每三年举办一届的ICLEI世界总会2015年将于首尔举办第八届，这也是亚洲城市20年来第二次承办。 < 历届举办总会的城市 > 纽约(1990年)、多伦多(1992年)、埼玉(1995年)、德绍(2000年)、雅典(2003年) 开普敦(2006年)、埃德蒙顿(2009年)、贝洛奥里藏特(2012年) 针对预计将于2015年开始实施的联合国可持续发展目标(Sustainable Development Goals : SDGs)，讨论为了可持续发展的地方政府的作用，首尔市将以“Local Action for SDGs”为主题举办世界总会。 2015年世界总会将以亚洲国家等发展中国家的城市为对象，提供包括对首尔市的气候环境政策进行介绍、支援的项目，提高发展中国家对气候环境的关心，为发展中国家提供获得先进环境技术支援的机会。

首尔市特别司法警察(特司警)表示，8月至9月在对外国团体游客经常前往的首尔市内餐厅违反食品卫生法行为进行查处，并刑事拘留之同时，还委托管辖地区进行了行政处分。 首尔市在中国大陆、台湾、香港、泰国、新加坡等外国游客日益增多的情况下，根据所接到的外国游客对某些餐厅的投诉，开始着手进行此次调查。　 此次查处的场所为中、大型餐厅，主要是通过旅行社低价套餐商品接收团体客人的餐厅。　 主要面向外国团体游客的一部分餐厅对原产地进行虚假标注或卫生管理疏忽，为旅游业抹黑，首尔市对其采取了刑事拘留措施。 特别司法警察表示，低价旅游套餐商品主要前往的一部分团体餐厅由于根据旅游社提前预定的人数制作、出售食物，所以一般消费者不易了解，食品安全管理被疏忽。 违反的类型有违反原产地标注原则或非法扩充营业场所等。 大部分情况是对大米、白菜泡菜等主材料的原产地进行虚假及混合标注，或干脆不标注。　 首尔市民生司法警察课负责人表示，“去年就有800万人前来韩国旅游，十个人中有八个人访问过首尔”，“一定严肃查处损坏旅游城市首尔形象，损害游客健康的食品安全违法行为，提高相关行业的警惕性，增强世界级旅游城市首尔的形象”。 责任部门：行政局民生司法警察课

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