Suwon Special City Mayor Transition Committee Begins Full-Scale Activities for "8th Term Design"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The 'Lee Jae-jun Suwon Special City Mayor Transition Committee' held an unveiling ceremony on the 8th and began full-scale activities for designing the 8th term.

The unveiling ceremony for the '8th Term Suwon Special City Transition Committee' held at 11 a.m. on the 8th at Suwon Convention Center was attended by Mayor-elect Lee Jae-jun of Suwon Special City, incoming National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, Rep. Kim Seung-won (Democratic Party, Suwon District A), Park Hyun-guk, Chairman of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council, Jo Seok-hwan, Chairman of the Suwon City Council, Kim Yong-deok, Director of Planning and Coordination at Suwon City Hall, Ki Woo-jin, Director of Urban Policy at Suwon City Hall, Sung Yeol-hak, Transition Committee Chairman, and 15 committee members.

The event proceeded in order of the unveiling of the 8th term transition committee plaque, guest remarks, remarks by the mayor-elect, and the presentation of appointment certificates to transition committee members.

Mayor-elect Lee Jae-jun said, "The name of this transition committee is 'Moving Forward with Citizens in the Field,'" and requested, "In keeping with that meaning, I hope the transition committee members will move beyond simply receiving administrative briefings and design the 8th term together with citizens."

In particular, he emphasized, "The core tasks of the 8th term Suwon Special City are to restore economic vitality and create an urban structure befitting a special city. To this end, we have appointed Sung Yeol-hak, a respected businessman in Suwon, as chairman of the transition committee, and have established a 'Military Airport Relocation Task Force' under the transition committee to quickly address the military airport relocation, Suwon's top priority issue."

He continued, "Gyeonggi Province and Hwaseong City Mayor-elect Jung Myung-geun recently stated he would conditionally review the military airport relocation issue if pursued as a package with the construction of a Gyeonggi Southern International Airport. We must achieve tangible results related to military airport relocation by the end of this year through active cooperation with Gyeonggi Province and Hwaseong City."

Incoming National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo said, "President Kim Dae-jung always emphasized to politicians that they must have both the mindset of scholars and the practical sense of businesspeople. In that regard, I believe Sung Yeol-hak possesses such qualities well and will lead the transition committee effectively."

Rep. Kim Seung-won stated, "Together with incoming National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo and other National Assembly members from Suwon, we will work together to help Mayor-elect Lee Jae-jun lead Suwon city administration well. To this end, we will secure active budget support from the government."

In closing remarks, the mayor-elect said, "I hope the transition committee members and civil servants will cooperate to produce meaningful results so that the promises made with citizens during the election process can be fully reflected in city administration. I am committed to regularly reporting the progress of the transition committee to citizens, creating channels to broadly reflect citizen opinions, and creating an image of the transition committee that moves forward in the field together with citizens."

Meanwhile, the transition committee appointed Sung Yeol-hak, CEO of BiViTech, as chairman, Kim Ho-jin, a Suwon city councilor, as vice chairman, and Kim Do-young, a research fellow at the Suwon City Research Institute, as secretary. The committee is composed of a total of 15 members across four divisions: Planning and Coordination, Economy, Culture and Education, Welfare, Youth and Women, and Urban Environment and Transportation.

In addition, under the transition committee, there will be a Military Airport Relocation Task Force to plan the military airport relocation, Mayor-elect Lee's core campaign promise, as well as a Business and Jobs Committee, Labor Committee, Integrated Care and Education Committee, Citizen Community Committee, and Sports and Culture Committee. The committee plans to establish specific plans and conduct citizen briefings on major policy pledges in each sector that Mayor-elect Lee promised to citizens through the mayoral election.