Hwaseong City Promotes Joint Funeral Facilities with Seven Cities Including Gwacheon

Hwaseong City organized a promotion committee for the establishment of a "(tentative name) Hwaseong City Joint-type Comprehensive Funeral Facilities" and held a meeting on the 20th at the City Hall Grand Conference Room.

As the need for funeral facilities has emerged due to a sharp increase in cremation demand, the City established the "(tentative name) Hwaseong City Joint-type Comprehensive Funeral Facilities Construction Promotion Committee," composed of 34 members including city council members, university professors, experts, heads of eup·myeon·dong resident autonomous committees, and relevant officials. The committee was established in November 2011 and has held three meetings since then.

At this meeting, officials from six cities, including Gwacheon City, which submitted letters of intent to participate in the construction of the "(tentative name) Hwaseong City Joint-type Comprehensive Funeral Facilities" through applications received in January, attended and showed interest in the ongoing progress of the comprehensive funeral facilities project, the candidate site public recruitment plan, candidate site support plans, and future MOU agreements.

Lee Dal-soon, the promotion committee chairman, stated, "In building comprehensive funeral facilities, citizens' opinions are most important, so it is crucial to gather the opinions of more citizens," adding that "the candidate site selection process will be reconsidered around mid-March."

A city official revealed, "As a result of receiving letters of intent for participation in the "(tentative name) Hwaseong City Joint-type Comprehensive Funeral Facilities" project in January, seven cities including Gwacheon City and Pyeongtaek City submitted letters of intent," and stated, "Going forward, we plan to discuss MOU agreements with the seven cities to promote the project."