Gyeonggi Province Briefing Selection of Excellent Carbon Point Districts and More

[Anyang] Samsung Raemian and Other Apartments Selected as Excellent Carbon Point Districts

Anyang City has selected two apartments as excellent carbon point apartments: Samsung Raemian Apartment in Anyang 1-dong and Halla Vivaldi Apartment in Bakdal 2-dong. The city selected excellent districts by examining carbon point generation per household from January to June for apartments where carbon point membership accounts for over 60% of all households.

Samsung Raemian Apartment achieved the highest score with 1,715 points per household, totaling 3.4 million points, followed by Halla Vivaldi Apartment with 634 points per household, accumulating 878,100 points in total.

The carbon point system is a greenhouse gas reduction program that converts saved electricity, water, and city gas consumption into points and provides incentives. Apartments selected as excellent districts receive a 'Green Apartment' plaque and an incentive of 1 won per point.

[Gimpo] Supply of Disinfectant and Quicklime to Prevent Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Gimpo City has distributed disinfectant and quicklime free of charge to local livestock farms to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, which has shown signs of spreading following its recent occurrence at a pig farm in Andong, North Gyeongbuk Province.

According to the city, emergency supplies of 26 tons of quicklime and 4,000 kg of disinfectant including Pinkleen and Bucness were provided to 40 pig farms in the region (raising approximately 68,000 pigs) and 352 cattle farms (raising approximately 13,400 cattle).

Quicklime is spread on the floors at the entrances to livestock facilities, and disinfectant is sprayed on facilities and vehicles to block the entry of foot-and-mouth disease.
The city has established an emergency quarantine response situation room in the Agriculture and Distribution Division (031-980-2818) and is operating 24-hour emergency duty. The city has also designated municipal officials for each farm to make weekly phone calls three times reminding them to disinfect, monitor trends, and other matters.

A city official urged farmers to "restrict outside access to farms, disinfect livestock facilities twice daily, refrain from introducing new livestock, and report suspected foot-and-mouth disease cases immediately."

[Bucheon] Designated as 'Arts Education Specialized District'

Bucheon City and the Bucheon Office of Education have decided to jointly implement cultural and arts education for elementary school students in the region.

According to the city, it has agreed with the Bucheon Office of Education to jointly pursue the designation of an 'Arts Education Specialized District' to enhance creativity and foster character development of students at 31 elementary schools in the region through cultural and arts education including singing, musical instruments, visual arts, and comics. For this purpose, the city has allocated a budget of 1.41 billion won for instructor fees, educational space remodeling, and program operations for next year.

Once designated as an Arts Education Specialized District, students at 31 elementary schools in the region will receive free cultural and arts education in various genres from new classes in the spring semester next year, taught by members of the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra—rated as one of the nation's three major philharmonic orchestras—as well as excellent cartoonists resident in the Korea Manhwa and Animation Agency located in Bucheon and members of the Bucheon Art Association.
The city also plans to expand this education to 3-4 middle and high schools in the second semester of next year.

[Siheung] Wins Excellence Award in Forestry, Wins Again in Parks Division

Siheung City has won an excellence award in the Gyeonggi Province evaluation of implementation results for the '100 Million Trees Planting Initiative' carried out in accordance with the government's low-carbon green growth policy.

The first written evaluation selected 8 municipalities based on promotion performance, budget securing, organizational heads' interest, independent project promotion results, and early execution results. The second on-site evaluation for the 8 municipalities assessed tree planting target sites, post-management, and the ratio of deciduous trees planted.

Regarding this project, Siheung City received high praise from visitors for its display of model gardens through holding Korea's first garden expo and various experience events, and for inducing resident participation from the planning stage onward when developing Sinhyeon Sol Forest Park and Gunja-dong Sandleul Park, managing the parks through this process. The award for 'Verdant Gyeonggi 100 Million Trees Planting Excellence' was presented by the Gyeonggi Province Governor on the 1st at the Provincial Government building, who presented certificates and prize money.

A city official stated that the city will make further efforts to create citizen-participatory urban parks for a more comfortable and livable Siheung City.