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Cheongmyeong Centrevil Apartment around Woncheon-dong 42 National Road in Yongin City completed incorporation into Suwon City seven years after initial discussion
Cheongmyeong Centrevil Apartment around Woncheon-dong 42 National Road in Yongin City completed incorporation into Suwon City seven years after initial discussion
Members of Dongbaek-dong Saemaul Women's Association delivering food to underprivileged neighbors and taking commemorative photos. (Photo=provided by Yongin City) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Ahead of Chuseok, helping hands continue across Yongin City to assist vulnerable groups including elderly living alone and low-income families who are easily marginalized. According to Yongin City on the 6th, on that day the Residents' Autonomy Committee of Pungdeokcheon 2-dong, Suji-gu invited 36 elderly people to watch a movie at Suji Shinkyop Culture Center in Dongcheon-dong. The elderly...
Gyeonggi Urban Development Corporation, Gyeonggi Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, Digital Industry Promotion Agency, etc. concluded…
From the 2nd through the end of November…schedules vary by district
Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol screening…campaigns underway at stations including Giheung and Jukjeon
Gyeonggi Province is stepping up public-private cooperation activation. (Photo=Gyeonggi Province Office) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Jang Kyung-hee] Education to enhance competency for public-private cooperation committee members from Gyeonggi Province and cities and counties will be held at 'Imagination Campus' in Suwon. This education was prepared to activate the cooperation network through experience accumulation and trust building in public-private cooperation cases. Accordingly, on three occasions—December 2, 3, and 6—education targeting 18 provincial public-private cooperation committee members and 75 public-private cooperation committee members from Yongin, Ansan, Pyeongtaek, and Gwangmyeong cities will be
Meet with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi to request cooperation on infrastructure Mayor Baek "Will definitely carry out necessary projects"
Gyeonggi Province and 31 cities and counties will promote transfer of 34 Gyeonggi Province affairs to cities and counties. (Photo=Gyeonggi Province) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Hong Sung-gil] Thirty-four Gyeonggi Province affairs, including 10 affairs recommended by Suwon City for transfer, will be transferred to cities and counties. Gyeonggi Province and 31 cities and counties held a Policy Cooperation Committee on the 18th at Yongin Citizen Athletic Park, deciding to implement and promote transfer of Gyeonggi Province affairs to cities and counties. Among the 34 affairs, those recommended by Suwon City for transfer include ▲unification of industrial complex management authority…
Designation authority for Suwon General Industrial Complex unified under Suwon City. Mayor Yeom Tae-young and regional lawmakers pledging cooperation to resolve regional issues on the 18th. (Photo=Suwon City) [Suwon Daily=Reporter Hong Sung-gil] Designation authority for Suwon General Industrial Complex (1st-3rd districts) will be unified under Suwon City. On the 18th, Gyeonggi Province held a Province-City and County Policy Cooperation Committee with 31 cities and counties at Yongin Citizen Athletic Park, announcing plans to transfer designation authority for Suwon Industrial Complex (hereinafter Suwon Industrial Complex) 1st and 2nd districts to Suwon City…
Workshop held on the 10th for '4 major cities' municipal government research institutes for realization of 1 million population special city status'
Public project application deadline on the 1st...applications received in Ansan, Yongin, Seongnam, Bucheon
Gyeonggi Provincial Government building exterior. (Photo=Gyeonggi Province) [Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Hong Sung-gil] Gyeonggi Province conducted its second half regular personnel reshuffle on the 25th, effective the 1st of next month. This reshuffle involves personnel changes for department heads and unit directors, coinciding with the first anniversary of Governor Lee Jae-myung's inauguration, and is considered significant as it demonstrates the visualization of provincial administrative philosophy and allows for assessment of each department's achievements as well as serving as an objective performance evaluation of department heads' work capabilities and leadership, the province explained. Additionally, the core of provincial administration 'New Gyeonggi, Public'
Suwon City (excellent), Paju City (commendable), Gyeonggi-do River Division (commendable)
Public opinion survey shows positive evaluation of business attraction news including Yongin semiconductor cluster project
Province-Yongin City-Pyeongtaek City-Icheon City-Anseong City, Joint Efforts for Early Promotion, Business Agreement signed on 27th
Samsung and SK Hynix, reviewing diverse support measures following consecutive investment decisions
Province and Yongin City conclude business agreement on establishing Gyeonggi Yongin Platform City
Reference photo—Gunpo National Sports Center (completed November 2018) Various comprehensive sports facilities including gymnasiums and swimming pools will be newly built at 29 locations across 15 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province, including Yeongdeok-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin City and Gwol-dong, Osan City. According to Gyeonggi Province on the 7th, 29 National Sports Centers and 30 public sports facility renovation projects were selected in the recent 2019 Living Sports SOC Expansion Support Competition hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, securing 51.9 billion won in government funds. Community sports facilities readily accessible anytime in daily life
A total of 32,691 citizen proposals were received over one month on the 'New Gyeonggi Committee' homepage, the online platform for policy proposals by the Transition Committee for Governor Lee Jae-myung's tenure, with road traffic accounting for 24,304 cases (74.9%), environment 4,177 cases (12.9%), and education 1,638 cases (5%). The most frequently received proposals include Shinbundang Line, Line 7 Okjeong Station, and Dongbaek GTX extension. The New Gyeonggi Committee, which is the Transition Committee for Governor Lee Jae-myung's tenure, accepted citizen proposals from…
Hwaseong City was selected as the local government that performed architectural administration best in the 2017 Gyeonggi Province Architectural Administration Soundness Evaluation. The Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that after evaluating 18 items including excellent policies on green building activation and resident convenience, system improvements, and architectural administration processing status across 31 cities and counties, Hwaseong City won the grand prize, Ansan City and Goyang City won the top excellence award, and Yongin City and Paju City won the excellence award, respectively. The Architectural Administration Soundness Evaluation is conducted according to 'Article 78 of the Building Act'
As Gyeonggi Province secures 40.2 billion won in government funds needed for small stream maintenance, maintenance projects are expected to be significantly expanded and promoted. According to Gyeonggi Province on the 27th, as the budget range for small stream maintenance projects eligible for government subsidy among the 2018 government budget finalized in October of this year is finally determined, Gyeonggi Province has secured 40.2 billion won in government funds, an increase of 12.4 billion won (45%↑) compared to 27.8 billion won from the previous year. The total national government budget for small streams in 2018…
Suwon City ranked 2nd in the 'Group I' category as of the end of September 2017 in the current year's administrative fine collection performance evaluation conducted by Gyeonggi Province for 31 cities and counties. Suwon City's administrative fine collection rate as of the end of September was 69.25%, a difference of 0.38%p from Yongin City which ranked 1st (69.63%). As of the end of September, Suwon City's administrative fine imposed amount was 17.1 billion 315 million won, and the collection amount was 11.8 billion 4.471 million won. The collection rate increased by 7.2%p compared to the same period last year
The areas under the most severe regulations in Gyeonggi Province are seven cities and counties in eastern Gyeonggi including Gwangju, Yangpyeong, Gapyeong, Yeoju, Icheon, Namyangju, and Yongin. The seven cities and counties designated as the Paldang Special Countermeasure Area in 1990 have an area of 2,097㎢, accounting for 21% of the total provincial area and approximately 3.5 times the area of Seoul. In this region, installation of factories, aquaculture farms, lodging facilities, restaurants, livestock facilities, and wastewater discharge facilities of certain scales or larger is prohibited. Gyeonggi Province has been imposing regional regulations in this manner…
Gyeonggi Province will conduct 'summer intensive rainfall preparedness embankment parking lot safety inspection' from June 7 to 16 to secure life and property safety in potential disaster situations that may occur as summer approaches with frequent heavy rainfall. Embankment parking lots are parking spaces created along riverbanks to alleviate parking shortages, and special care is required as vehicle submersion and casualties can occur in case of heavy rainfall. The province, jointly with cities and counties, will conduct comprehensive surveys…
The preliminary vote count for Gyeonggi Province in the 19th presidential election held on the 9th was 77.1%, provisionally tallied. This figure is 0.1 percentage points lower than the national average vote rate of 77.2%, with Gyeonggi Province's various election vote rates falling below national averages for decades. The Central Election Commission's provisional vote rate as of 8 p.m. that day shows 7,916,780 voters out of a total of 10,262,309 eligible voters in Gyeonggi Province voted, recording a 77.1% vote rate…
Forum participants take commemorative photo at 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million.' On the 25th, a 'legislative discussion forum on special exceptions for major cities with population over 1 million' was held at the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum was hosted by Suwon-area National Assembly members and co-hosted by 6 cities promoting special metropolitan status including Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam, Yongin in Gyeonggi Province, Changwon in South Gyeongsangnam-do, and Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, and was held in Conference Room 1 of the National Assembly Members' Hall. The forum held Sim Dae-
A view of Suwon Stream from above Maehyang Bridge in Suwon. The name of Yongin City's 'Suwon Stream' is expected to change to 'Sangha Stream.' Gyeonggi Province announced on the 2nd that it held a 'Local River Management Committee' at the situation room of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government's Northern Government Building at 2 p.m. on the 1st and passed the original motion to change the name of Suwon Stream as proposed by Yongin City. The 'Suwon Stream' on the agenda this day is a river located in Sangha-dong, Yongin City. Since there is a Suwon Stream with the same place name in Suwon City, it has been compatible with Yongin City's regional sentiment…
Seongnam and Hwaseong cities facing significant repercussions as they decided to refuse nationally-delegated duties to local governments in response to the local finance reorganization legislative notice. Mayor Lee Jae-myung of Seongnam and Mayor Chae In-seok of Hwaseong announced a joint statement on 12th and announced 'We have resolved to refuse state-delegated duties if the central government pushes forward with local finance reorganization.' The two mayors stated in the statement 'Although local governments handle 40% of national affairs, local revenue accounts for only 20%, resulting in 'two-tenths autonomy,'…
six Buddhist organizations in Gyeonggi opposed to local finance reorganization held press conference at National Assembly on 4th in opposition to the Ministry of Administration and Safety's amendment to local finance law enforcement decree and demanded 'the ministry should suspend policy implementation until a reasonable alternative emerges from the National Assembly.' Mayor Yim Tae-young of Suwon, Mayor Lee Jae-myung of Seongnam, Mayor Choi Sung of Goyang, and Mayor Chae In-seok of Hwaseong attended the press conference, and Mayor Jung Chan-min of Yongin and Mayor Shin Gye-yong of Gwacheon participated as co-signatories of the joint statement. Mayor Choi and Mayor Chae…