Kim Jin-pyo: "Youngtong District as Education Special Zone"
▲This should naturally be implemented with simultaneous construction. As the incumbent member at the time, when establishing the 2007 budget, I ensured that the project name was reflected as an extension from Jeongja to Homaesilnot from Jeongja to Gwanggyo. Currently, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation is pursuing the first phase from Jeongja to Gwanggyo. However, Suwon's population continues to grow, and it is clear that subway usage will increase in the future, so we need to conduct a revalidation study. I will ensure that simultaneous construction and opening can be achieved.
—Your position on promoting Suwon as a metropolitan city.
▲I plan to actively pursue making Suwon a metropolitan city. When I attended Suwon Middle School, the population was only 130,000, but now it has reached 1.08 million, which is ten times larger and equivalent to the size of Ulsan Metropolitan City. With the current administrative organization and number of civil servants, it is difficult to expect efficient and high-level administrative services. First, I will pass the Local Autonomy Act amendment that I sponsored last year, which will allow cities with a population of one million to have deputy mayors and deputy ward chiefs. We aim to introduce a system similar to that of a metropolitan city.
—What about the relocation of Suwon Air Base?
▲Suwon Air Base has caused enormous damage to residents due to flight restrictions and noise, and has become an obstacle to Suwon's development. The air base issue, which had been discussed only at the Suwon city level, was elevated to the national level, and an agreement was reached at a meeting attended by Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo and Suwon Mayor Kim Yong-seo to cancel the National Route No. 1 emergency runway. I will relocate the air base to the Sihwa Reclamation Area in Ansan and create a Korean version of Silicon Valley on the transferred national and public lands, making it a hub for future Korean industrial development.
—How can we revitalize small merchants and traditional markets?
▲As a result of our party passing the Traditional Market Revitalization Act in 2004, Paldalmun Market and Jidong Market have been reborn as the most competitive modernized markets nationwide. The Youngtong old Maetan Market will also be pursuing modernization projects this spring. If we improve the educational environment in Youngtong and designate it as an education special zone, high-income earners such as Samsung Electronics executives will reside in Youngtong. Attracting these high-income earners will be a way to alleviate the economic downturn being felt on the ground.
—Early opening of the Bundang Line extension and measures to relieve residents' inconvenience caused by construction.
▲The Bundang Line extension project announced in 2000 actually began construction only from 2006. Since 500 billion won was being invested in 17 nationwide metropolitan transit projects, construction was delayed. Therefore, by participating directly in the Budget and Settlement Special Committee, I achieved the results of securing 64.7 billion won in 2006 and 100 billion won this year. If surface construction is completed within this year, residents' traffic inconvenience and noise problems will decrease to some extent. Going forward, I will continuously secure budgets to enable early construction start.
—To meet high educational passion and demand.
▲Youngtong is the youngest city in the nation with an average age of 29, and parents' educational enthusiasm is very high. After completing my tenure as Education Minister in 2006, I visited all 44 schools in the district and provided full support for necessary projects. As a result, the 2006 budget increased fourfold from 3.1 billion won to 11.4 billion won. Once Mangpo High School and Maewon High School open this year, demand will be met. Going forward, I will attract specialized high schools and public-private partnership independent schools to complete the education special zone.
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