Yangju City Honors Citizens for Attendance at February Monthly Briefing

Mayor Lee Sung-ho of Yangju City attended the February monthly briefing held at the city hall conference room on the 2nd, encouraged civil servants making their best efforts to prevent the spread of avian influenza, emphasized that 2017 marks the inaugural year of establishing social infrastructure foundation, and ordered the implementation of administration that brings inspiration to citizens.

Prior to the monthly briefing, Civil Service Charter readings were given by Audit Officer Kim Byung-ryeol and Jeon Su-hee, a ceremony was held for the donation of renowned artist Jang Uk-jin's representative work "Family Portrait," Mayor Lee Sung-ho delivered a certificate of donation and letters of appreciation, and commendations were presented to citizens with distinguished service in exemplary senior citizen centers, education development, provincial administration development, civil support, and municipal administration development.

Jang Uk-jin's representative work "Family Portrait" donated today is a collection that represents the renowned artist's entire artistic world and will be displayed at the Yangju Jang Uk-jin Art Museum in commemoration of the artist's 100th birth anniversary.

In his remarks, Mayor Lee Sung-ho expressed gratitude for civil servants taking the initiative to perform their duties despite challenging circumstances, including emergency operations to prevent the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza and emergency operations to prevent forest fires, and urged continued efforts until avian influenza is eradicated.

He also stated that in 2017, in preparation for a population of 300,000 by 2021, establishing the inaugural year of social infrastructure that citizens can conveniently use is key, and urged all to join forces to carry out projects from the perspective of citizens' needs rather than civil servants' viewpoints, while promoting early construction of Line 7 of the metropolitan subway and developing areas around subway stations to continuously build spaces that citizens can experience and enjoy.