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City actively responds to Ministry of Economy and Finance preliminary feasibility study
City actively responds to Ministry of Economy and Finance preliminary feasibility study
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City was selected as a top-rated 'A' grade institution in the comprehensive civil service evaluation jointly assessed by the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 13th. This marks three consecutive years following 2017 and 2018. The comprehensive civil service evaluation was conducted on a total of 304 institutions including central administrative agencies (44), provincial education offices (17), metropolitan local governments (17), and basic local governments (226). Civil service administration management infrastructure, civil…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (center) presides over the final report meeting of the child status survey research project on the 13th. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City held a final report meeting of the child status survey research project on the 13th at City Hall comprehensive situation room with about 30 attendees including child-friendly city promotion committee, child participation committee, child rights ombudsman, and relevant department heads. The child status survey is based on Unicef Korea Committee child-friendly city certification standard questionnaires containing ▲play and leisure ▲participation…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (left) met with Minister of Environment Jo Myung-rae on the 13th. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Local government heads from the 'Fine Dust Joint Response Council' including Pyeongtaek City visited the office of the Minister of Environment at the Government Complex in Sejong on the 13th and met with Minister Jo Myung-rae to request active cooperation and support on fine dust issues. Attending were Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon, Yeoju Mayor Lee Hang-jin, Dangjin Mayor Kim Hong-jang, and Seosan Mayor Maeng Jung-ho. Established in December last year, the 'Gyeonggi…
Pyeongtaek City officials inspecting facilities. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City operates a citizen safety inspection request system that provides free safety inspections for small-scale living environment safety vulnerable facilities. When safety inspection is requested for hazardous facilities in the living environment, the city safety management advisory group consisting of private experts such as technicians and architects along with responsible departments conduct joint inspections and inform on repair and reinforcement methods. However, legally designated inspection targets and management targets, disputes, lawsuits, civil…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City will provide local tax services through KakaoTalk from this year for citizens' tax payment convenience. The city applied the 'KakaoTalk Channel' to the tax administration field for communication and convenience with taxpayers. Through KakaoTalk, taxpayers can receive one-on-one consultation services regarding local taxes and information such as local tax news. To use it, search for 'Pyeongtaek City Local Tax Notifier' in the KakaoTalk search box and add as a friend…
Key commanders of Korean and U.S. militaries and the First Deputy Director of the Presidential Office's National Security Office on one stage… Confirmed the solidness and maturity of the Korea-U.S. alliance
Mayor Jeong Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek (left, sixth) visited the Seohae Line double-track railway construction site with Kim Hyun-mi, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (right, fifth). (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Mayor Jeong Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek visited the Seohae Line double-track railway construction project site on the 10th and met with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi to discuss the city's key issues and regional grievances. Mayor Jeong said, 'Pyeongtaek City is a transportation hub city connecting the Seoul metropolitan area and Chungcheong region, with high traffic volume…'
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City is recruiting applicants for 51 agricultural subsidy projects (10.4 billion won scale) for 2020. Eligible applicants include farmers and agricultural corporations engaged in farming activities in the city and registered as agricultural management entities with the Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, producer groups and regional and specialty agricultural cooperatives. Applications are accepted through eup, myeon, and dong Administrative Welfare Centers by the 22nd. After completing applications by the end of this month…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 8th that it saved 6.993 billion won through the 2019 contract review system operation on 297 projects in the construction, service, and goods sectors. Since 2010, the city has operated a contract review system through the auditor's office (technical audit team), adjusting incorrectly calculated quantities and unit prices and various ratio standards. Additionally, through on-site verification, the city eliminated unnecessary processes that did not fit the circumstances and improved construction methods, etc.
Pyeongtaek City held integrated case management strengthening training for middle-aged and older population social safety nets on the 6th. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 7th that it will conduct a complete survey of living conditions for single-person middle-aged households with minimal income levels and high employment instability in connection with the 2020 residential registration fact-finding survey from the 7th through March 20th. This is despite welfare needs such as unemployment, illness, and severed family and social relationships…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City was selected as an excellent institution in the 2019 Basic Livelihood Security sector. The city was selected as an excellent local government in the Basic Livelihood Security sector in relation to government joint evaluation and received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare and a 7.4 million won prize on the 3rd. The award was based on evaluation results including the Basic Livelihood Security system operation capacity index of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The city's evaluation items included discovery of new benefit recipients and local livelihood security commission…
Pyeongtaek Lake Tourism Complex bird's-eye view. (Data=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 3rd that the plan to change the project operator of the Pyeongtaek Lake Tourism Complex development project from the city to Pyeongtaek Urban Corporation was finally approved on the 2nd. Pyeongtaek Urban Corporation decided to participate in the tourism complex development project in May 2017, passed deliberation by the Local Public Enterprise Evaluation Board in December 2018, and received new project approval from the city council in June 2019. With approval of the change of project operator, the tourism complex…
Pyeongtaek City Hall exterior. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 2nd that it was selected as an excellent institution in the '2019 Outdoor Advertising Operations City/County Evaluation' and received a citation from the Gyeonggi Provincial Governor. With this, the city achieved the honor of winning awards for two consecutive years in the outdoor advertising field following the Minister's commendation for 2018 Outdoor Advertising Operations. This award was based on comprehensive evaluation of policy, illegal advertising removal results, and outdoor advertising safety management among 31…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon offering respects and incense at Pyeongtaek Lake Monument on the 2nd. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a New Year's tribute at the Pyeongtaek Lake Monument on the morning of the 2nd to welcome the 2020 Year of the Rat. Approximately 100 people attended the monument tribute including Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon, City Council Speaker Kwon Young-hwa, National Assembly members, provincial and city council members, related institution heads, veterans and security organization leaders, and Pyeongtaek City civil servants. For the patriotic martyrs and national defense heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (center) poses with urban forest slogan award winners. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held an awards ceremony for the Pyeongtaek urban forest slogan competition on the 30th. The competition was held for 15 days from the 10th to the 24th to select and discover the representative slogan for Pyeongtaek's urban forest. A total of 605 entries were received. After three rounds of screening, the grand prize winner was Kim Yong-gyu's 'The Harmony of City and Forest, Pyeongtaek!', and the excellence award…
Mayor Jeong Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek (4th from left) poses with citizens who donated trees. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a certificate of appreciation ceremony on the 27th with 10 citizens who donated trees to the city, including Kim Yong-seop (Paengseong-eup resident). The city explained that after publicizing citizen tree donations, trees of 14 varieties totaling 4,984 trees were donated by 15 citizens, with 2,228 trees currently transplanted…
Graduates of Pyeongtaek Super Opening Agricultural University take commemorative photos at the graduation ceremony last month on the 13th. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City will accept new students for the '2020 Super Opening Agricultural University' from January 2 to 31 next year. The city named the university after 'Super Opening,' Pyeongtaek's representative agricultural and special product brand. Through agricultural technology education for producing high-quality superior agricultural products, the city will develop agricultural professional leaders to lead Pyeongtaek's agriculture and rural communities…
Mayor Jeong Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) New Year's Address Respected 510,000 citizens of Pyeongtaek and approximately 2,100 public officials! We have welcomed a hopeful new year in the Year of the Rat. I wish that this year of the Rat, symbolizing abundance and hope, will be a year where all your wishes are fulfilled and love and happiness fill every home. Furthermore, I express my gratitude to all of you who united your efforts to allow our city to advance one step further amidst many social changes and difficult economic conditions over the past year…
Mayor Jung Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek (fifth from right) and related officials attend 'National Happiness Civil Service Office Excellence Certification Ceremony'.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young reporter] Pyeongtaek City was recognized as an excellent National Happiness Civil Service Office in 2019. On the 24th, Pyeongtaek City held the 'National Happiness Civil Service Office Excellence Certification Ceremony' at the entrance of the General Civil Service Office at City Hall with approximately 30 people including Mayor Jung Jang-seon of Pyeongtaek in attendance. National Happiness Civil Service Office, led by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, annually
Exterior view of Pyeongtaek City Hall.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young reporter] Starting from January next year, Pyeongtaek City will implement 'text (electronic) notification service' for water and sewerage charges that notifies residents of water rates via mobile phone text messages. It was introduced to alleviate residents' inconveniences due to loss or damage of paper notices. Water rate text (electronic) notification service easily informs subscribers of water usage, usage period, water charges, and payment methods via mobile phone text instead of paper notices. Monthly
Preparing 'reasonable institutional improvement measures in organization and personnel fields'…legislative amendments and recommendations to central government ministries, immediate improvements Organization field: Supporting 'strengthened expertise' in cities and counties through expanded local assembly specialized committee members, raised establishment standards for departments and bureaus Personnel field: Minimizing administrative vacancies from unfilled positions through additional examinations, expanding education participation for enhanced civil servant competency
Pyeongtaek City holds a civic cooperation academy on the theme of 'How to Prepare for Resident Autonomous Associations?' (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 19th, Pyeongtaek City held the '5th Pyeongtaek Civic Cooperation Academy' with about 100 citizens, members of resident autonomous committees, and civil servants under the theme 'Cooperation Realized in the Neighborhood! How to Prepare for Resident Autonomous Associations?' Ahead of pilot implementation of resident autonomous associations next year, the academy on this day discussed the transition of resident autonomous associations…
Nighttime landscape lighting installed by Pyeongtaek City. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Pyeongtaek City installed nighttime landscape lighting at major traffic islands ahead of the year-end and New Year season. The nighttime landscape lighting in the city center was installed to create a year-end atmosphere and provide visual enjoyment through lighting. Plans are to maintain it through the end of January next year. It was installed at Vision Intersection, Hansung Apartment Intersection, and in front of Pyeongtaek Station where foot traffic is heavy. LED lighting was installed on pine trees at the Vision Intersection traffic island…
Seat bus 8000 operating between Anjung and Pyeongtaek Station. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young Reporter] Seat-type express bus 8000 operating between Anjung Terminal and Pyeongtaek Station will begin operations on the 23rd. The route will operate as an express form stopping only at select stations including Anjung Terminal, Anjung Intersection, Oseong-myeon Administrative Welfare Center, Taepyeong Apartment, Jije Station, and Pyeongtaek Station rather than a general bus. Based on weekdays, 20-minute intervals…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (fourth from left in back row) taking commemorative photos with business owners designated as new exemplary restaurants.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a presentation of designation certificates and a meeting with 15 new exemplary restaurant business owners at the City Hall integrated defense comprehensive situation room on the 16th. The city jointly conducted on-site evaluations with the Pyeongtaek Restaurant Industry Central Association last month for new applicants regarding facility standards, business operator compliance matters, and implementation of good menus…
City selected as final winner in Ministry of Industry and Resources project, investing 21 billion won including 4.85 billion won in national funding to produce 5 tons of hydrogen for 8,000 hydrogen electric vehicles
Pyeongtaek City Scholarship Hall located in Suyu-dong, Seoul exterior.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced it will recruit 2020 scholarship hall residents from January 2nd to 13th next year. Many Pyeongtaek City students advance to Seoul-based universities every year, but most face economic difficulties due to high monthly rents at studios and goshiwons; the city operates a scholarship hall so students can focus on their studies without the burden of housing. Scholarship hall…
Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon (second from left) attended a business agreement ceremony on the 10th for joint response to fine dust between Gyeonggi and South Chungcheong provinces. (Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City announced on the 14th that results of efforts to reduce fine dust are appearing in various places. Since July of last year, the city established 'Blue Sky Project,' a comprehensive fine dust countermeasure, to solve the fine dust problem. The city is working to resolve both internal and external fine dust issues…
Pyeongtaek City military noise law briefing session.(Photo=Pyeongtaek City) [Suwon Daily=Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City conducted 'Military Noise Law, Visiting Citizen Briefing Sessions' from late last month through the 13th. Ahead of the enforcement next year after being enacted for the first time in 15 years of National Assembly submission, the city conducted the briefing to resolve citizens' questions and provide accurate information about the 'Law on Noise Prevention and Damage Compensation for Military Airfields and Military Firing Ranges' (hereinafter Military Noise Law). Targets are those directly affected by military airfield noise…