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President-elect Lee Myung-bak is considering pushing for a revision of South Korea's public service laws, to allow the appointment of foreign nationals as government workers, the government transition committee said Saturday.

In a meeting with leaders of the minor Democratic Party Friday, Lee said that he is "considering proposing a revision of the public service law," according to a committee official.

Lee noted in the meeting that the role of William Ryback, a former deputy chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority who is working with the committee's foreign investment task force, is currently limited to special advisor.

"Such personnel would be able to work actively in the future," Lee said, underlining his intent to push for the revision.

The current public service law allows temporary recruitment of foreign nationals only in a small number of fields such as research, technology and education.


SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap)