"Let's Find Our Lost Conscience"

"Not throwing litter or cigarette butts on the streets is something that can be improved whenever citizens change their awareness. We are trying to revive the conscience we have lost," officials said.

As it has become increasingly difficult to find citizens properly observing public order, Jangan-gu Office in Suwon is drawing attention by promoting a meaningful campaign to find the "lost conscience."

Jangan-gu is jointly implementing the "Restore Civic Order Campaign" with residents since early this month, stating, "Let's recover awareness of lost basic social norms and create a better city to live in."

The core of this campaign, which will involve residents through the Saemaul Association, Women's Association, and neighborhood chiefs' councils, is to correct social order that citizens once properly maintained—such as casually throwing cigarette butts on the street or ignoring traffic signals.

To achieve this, the district has selected five key areas for improvement: ▲Traffic order (reducing traffic accidents, maintaining lane discipline, not illegally parking) ▲Street order (not littering cigarette butts or paper, cleaning up illegal street vendors and illegally placed items) ▲Environmental order (sweeping in front of one's home, not illegal dumping) ▲Recreation order (preventing environmental damage such as unauthorized cooking, preventing disorder such as drunk disturbances) ▲Advertisement order (installing attractive signage, removing illegal and harmful advertisements).

By the end of this month, the district office plans to explain the purpose of the "Restore Civic Order Campaign" through meetings with related organizations and their leaders to seek cooperation, then establish a promotion committee consisting of 15 members.

Additionally, approximately 500 people including civil servants and residents will gather at Jangan Park to recite a resolution for recovering civic consciousness and conduct a signature campaign to encourage residents' participation.

A Jangan-gu General Affairs Division official said on the 6th, "Picking up cigarette butts has become the biggest task whenever we do street cleanups," and added, "From now on, we hope all citizens, including civil servants, can properly observe what they have not observed and what can be done well if we set our minds to it."