경기도, ‘주민이 알기쉬운 결산보고서’ 공모 2년 연속 우수 자치단체 선정
At Ministry of Interior and Safety-hosted '2019 Easy-to-Understand Settlement Report' contest
At Ministry of Interior and Safety-hosted '2019 Easy-to-Understand Settlement Report' contest
City announced by the Ministry of Environment on the 19th; to be held next year, overturning the disadvantage through infrastructure and international conference experience
Collection activities targeting local tax delinquents, extending helping hand to those in livelihood-based default
Gyeonggi Province is publicly recruiting members for the '2018 Gyeonggi Province Construction Technology Review Committee Design Review Subcommittee' to handle design evaluation and review of technology-based competitive bidding projects throughout next year from November 15 to November 28. This recruitment comes as the current term of the design review subcommittee members expires at the end of this year. Design review subcommittee members will primarily handle technology-based competitive bidding projects of 3 billion won or more promoted by Gyeonggi Province, its affiliated institutions, and cities and counties within the province (comprehensive…
Yangju City announced that from the 15th, in case of high-concentration fine dust occurrence, it will implement emergency reduction measures including operating 2-part system for public institution vehicles and halting construction work at commissioned construction sites. Emergency reduction measures are implemented when the average concentration of fine dust (PM 2.5) exceeds 50㎍/㎥ between midnight and 4 p.m., and a forecast is issued that the next day's average concentration will be very poor (exceeding 100㎍/㎥) for 3 or more hours. With the implementation of emergency reduction measures, Seoul Metropolitan City, Incheon, and other…
Candidate Park Won-seok (Justice Party, Suwon District) announced policy pledges on the 30th consisting of student safety, women's safety, family safety, and safety education. Candidate Park's first safety-related policy pledge is to establish an 'eco-friendly school improvement grant' within the education finance transfer payments that the central government provides to local governments to local autonomous entities, enabling students to learn in safe school environments. According to Park's candidate's confirmation with the Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, as of last year, Suwon has 388 kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools…
The Gyeonggi and Incheon Regional Military Manpower Administration announced on the 5th that it will begin accepting applications for date and location selection for the 2016 re-examination for military service starting the 11th. Previously, the Military Manpower Administration designated specific dates and notified applicants, but starting this year, a 'self-selection system for dates and locations' has been introduced to allow people to take the re-examination conveniently according to their daily lives. Applicants include those who received military service disposition in 2011 and have not been drafted or called up to date (this year's active duty soldier recruitment date or social service personnel…
The 'Local Government Autonomy and Decentralization Council,' composed of local governments with shared vision for realizing local autonomy, took its first step. On the 22nd, mayors, county commissioners, and district chiefs from 23 local governments across the nation held a founding general assembly at Siheung ABC Happy Learning Town in Siheung City and officially launched. On this day, the council adopted a statement through which it will △urge the central government to improve laws and systems related to local autonomy and decentralization △discover and nurture leaders who understand the role of local governments △conduct joint research on local governance and decentralization △local self-governance and
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it will hold a public hearing on the 'Gyeonggi Province Air Environment Management Implementation Plan' at the Mognigwan Hall of the Gyeonggi Human Resources Development Institute on the 14th. The public hearing will present an implementation plan to improve air pollution from next year through 2019. The plan to be announced by the province comprises 93 projects across five sectors including air pollutant reduction plans. The province plans to complete the implementation plan by December this year and proceed with air environment management in the Seoul metropolitan area together with Seoul and Incheon. Ryu Gwang-yeol, Environment…
Gyeonggi Province denies allegations of preferential treatment in Gyeongnam Passenger intercity bus plan change, says 'contrary to facts'
Suwon City conducted a review of design documents for the underground construction of section 2 of the Suwon-Incheon double-track railway (Suin Line) and announced it has reduced construction costs by 6.4 billion won compared to the amount originally to be issued by the Korea Railroad Facility Corporation. The Suin Line was originally planned as an above-ground project but was changed to underground due to residents' complaints about regional division, noise and vibration caused by the railway. The additional costs from underground construction are to be borne by Suwon City. The city…
Promoting formation of Seoul metropolitan policy coordination council to discuss common agendas among Gyeonggi, Seoul, and Incheon
National route 84 Chonji Bridge to Incheon road project—7.9㎞ in Gyeonggi-do section to break ground in second half of this year
Saenuri Party candidate Nam Kyung-pil and New Politics Alliance for Democracy candidate Kim Jin-pyo, both candidates for Gyeonggi governor in the June 4 local elections, clashed again on the 26th over Kim's pledge of 'making childcare teachers civil servants.' The two candidates appeared on YTN's head-to-head debate that morning and engaged in unrestricted free discussion on three topics ▲Sewol ferry disaster and safety measures ▲Jobs and welfare ▲Childcare policy while continuing sharp exchanges. Candidate Nam Kyung-pil stated "On the 18th, conversion of all childcare teachers…
Ahead of the June 4 local elections, New Politics Alliance for Democracy candidates Park Won-soon, Kim Jin-pyo, and Song Young-gil, who are in fierce competition with Saenuri Party candidates in the Seoul metropolitan area, agreed on the 21st to make joint efforts to resolve the standing room-only express bus problem if elected. Seoul mayoral candidate Park Won-soon, Gyeonggi governor candidate Kim Jin-pyo, and Incheon mayor candidate Song Young-gil held a press conference at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul that afternoon and signed an agreement on shared development of the Seoul metropolitan area with the above content as its backbone. Currently…
Suwon-Incheon double-track railway construction project and Saegsaek Station library construction project
Osan City, Gyeonggi (Mayor Gwak Sang-wook) held a commissioning ceremony for Osan City Hall Swimming Team under the workplace sports club at the office on the 7th. The ceremony presented commissions to a total of five people including coach Kim Jin-hyun, current national team athletes Jeong Won-yong and Joo Zhang-hun, and athletes Hong Seung-ri and Yu Gyou-sang. Osan City Mayor Gwak Sang-wook, who attended the commissioning ceremony that day, said "Osan City Hall Swimming Team achieved excellent results at the 94th National Sports Festival and various international competitions…
National audit begins today (14th)… Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee grapples with regional issues
The Youngtong-gu Regional Conference for Resident Participation Budget (Chairman Yang Kyung-bo) announced on the 24th that it visited Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu and Incheon's Yeonsu-gu on the 23rd to explore diverse development directions for resident participation budgets and learn from areas operating resident participation budgets exemplarily. Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu achieved great results by receiving the Presidential Award at the '2012 Local Government Budget Efficiency Excellence Case Presentation Contest,' and has most effectively implemented the resident participation budget system in which residents directly decide municipal government finances…
Government, military, and police emergency preparedness training through the 29th
City Traffic Safety Bureau presents 2013 traffic policy direction
Infrastructure development in Pyeongtaek's Godeok District, 570 projects including SOC in northern Gyeonggi region
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Announces 25 Libraries Nationwide
The budget sent down by Gyeonggi Province to cities and counties is not being executed on time. Last year's execution rate was below 50% for over 60 projects, and 162 billion won in provincial funds were carried over. According to the Budget and Settlement Special Committee of the Provincial Assembly on the 17th, among provincial subsidy projects planned by cities and counties in the province last year, 63 projects had an execution rate below 50%. The province provided 244.4 billion won in subsidies for these projects, but only 33%, or 81 billion won, was executed.
▲ Hwaseong City Mulkkot Information Village bustles with rural experience for nearby kindergartens and schools in the Seoul metropolitan area, as a child gazes curiously at lettuce. Hwaseong City Mulkkot Information Village bustled with rural experience for nearby kindergartens and schools in the Seoul metropolitan area. According to Hwaseong City on the 19th, 70 pupils from Seoul Yeonkkot Kindergarten visited the Mulkkot Information Village on the 13th, followed by 150 pupils from Incheon Haeoreum Kindergarten and Incheon Chama Children's…
Osan City was selected as the top institution in the regional safety diagnosis conducted by the National Fire Agency for 230 basic local governments nationwide on the 15th. The National Fire Agency diagnosed 230 basic local governments nationwide on the possibility of disasters, hazardous environments, disaster prevention performance, and risk management capabilities. In this evaluation, the fire agency assessed that cities with naturally low hazardous environments and excellent municipal fiscal capacity, which invest heavily in disaster prevention budgets such as small stream maintenance, are the safer cities…
Yeongdeungpo-gu was selected as an exemplary organization in the 2011 civil service worker duty management evaluation conducted by the Incheon and Gyeonggi Regional Military Manpower Administration, it was announced on the 3rd. The civil service worker duty management evaluation overseen by the Incheon and Gyeonggi Regional Military Manpower Administration was conducted targeting approximately 100 organizations including Suwon city duty management agencies (including social welfare facilities) and was awarded for contributing to promoting best practices such as encouraging sincere civil service duty and improving duty management. When selected as an exemplary organization, civil service…