Uijeongbu City Deputy Director General Kong Wan-sik Retires with Honor

Kong Wan-sik, head of Howon 2-dong in Uijeongbu City, is concluding 38 years of public service and will retire with honor at the end of February to make way for junior colleagues.

Deputy Director General Kong, who is retiring two years before the mandatory retirement age, first stepped into public service in September 1978 and was promoted to Administrative Officer in 2005. He served in various positions including head of Singok 2-dong, director of Sanitation Division, director of Welfare Support Division, director of Accounting Division, director of Traffic Control Division, director of Culture, Tourism and Sports Division, director of Resident Life Support Division, and director of Tax Administration Division. He was promoted to Local Secretary General in January 2016 and served as head of the Safety, Traffic and Construction Bureau and head of Howon 2-dong, making him a living witness to the administrative development of Uijeongbu City.

During his tenure as head of the Safety, Traffic and Construction Bureau, he worked to successfully advance the Eastern Arterial Road project, a long-cherished initiative for smooth traffic flow in Uijeongbu City, a major transportation hub in northern Gyeonggi Province. During his tenure as head of Howon 2-dong, he practiced communicative administration by connecting local residents and welfare resources to solidify the implementation of the district head responsibility system.