Pyeongtaek City Holds New Year's Tribute at Pyeongtaek Lake Memorial Tower

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held a New Year's tribute ceremony at the Pyeongtaek Lake Memorial Tower on the morning of the 2nd to welcome the new year of 2020, Gyeongja year.

The memorial tower tribute was attended by approximately 100 people, including Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon, City Council Chairman Kwon Young-hwa, members of the National Assembly, provincial and municipal council members, heads of related agencies, heads of veterans' affairs and security organizations, and Pyeongtaek City civil servants.

The participants honored the noble spirits of those who sacrificed their lives for the nation and the war heroes, and pledged new resolve and determination for the development of Pyeongtaek City.

At a breakfast forum following the tribute, Mayor Jung Jang-seon said, "As I look back on the year 2019, I will do my utmost and dedicate myself to creating a new Pyeongtaek with citizens in the new year of Gyeongja with a new resolve."