Osan City Begins New Year with Foundation Day Ceremony

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Osan City held its 2023 Year of the Rabbit foundation day ceremony on the 2nd at the City Hall conference room and took a strong step forward.

The ceremony was attended by Mayor Lee Gwon-jae of Osan City, all staff members, and approximately 60 opinion leaders from Osan City. It proceeded with a performance by the Osan City Women's Chorus, followed by the national oath, reading of the New Year's address, and the inauguration ceremony of Vice Mayor Kang Hyun-do, who assumed office on January 1st.

Mayor Lee pledged through his New Year's address to realize four priority policies by sector: ▲smart economy city, ▲complex cultural city, ▲welfare and health city, and ▲exemplary administrative city.

Meanwhile, the ceremony also featured an event in which participants placed postcards containing New Year's wishes and hopes into a "Hope Mailbox."

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae of Osan City said, "Taking Osan citizens as our guide, we will implement citizen-centered policies, and the delegated civic power given by Osan citizens will be used solely for the citizens. Receiving the spirit of the rabbit, which leaps over obstacles with strong hind legs, I hope this year will be one in which all Osan citizens powerfully overcome the difficulties they have faced thus far and wisely overcome them."