Suwon Special City Mayor-Elect's Transition Committee Begins Full-Fledged Activities to Design 8th Civilian Government

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The 'Lee Jae-jun Suwon Special City Mayor Transition Committee' held a launching ceremony on the 8th and began full-fledged activities to design the 8th civilian government.

Attending the '8th Civilian Government Suwon Special City Transition Committee' launching ceremony held at 11 a.m. at Suwon Convention Center were Suwon Special City Mayor-Elect Lee Jae-jun, National Assembly Speaker-Designate Kim Jin-pyo, Democratic Party Congressman Kim Seung-won (Suwon District A), Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly Speaker Jang Hyun-guk, Suwon City Council Speaker Jo Seok-hwan, Suwon City Hall Planning and Coordination Director Kim Yong-deok, Urban Policy Director Ki Woo-jin, Transition Committee Chair Sung Yeol-hak and 15 committee members, among others.

The event proceeded in the following order: unveiling of the 8th civilian government transition committee plaque, remarks from guests, remarks from the mayor-elect, and awarding of appointment certificates to transition committee members.

Suwon Special City Mayor-Elect Lee Jae-jun stated, "The name of this transition committee is 'Moving Forward into Communities with Citizens,'" and emphasized, "In keeping with that meaning, I hope the members of the transition committee will move beyond simply receiving administrative briefings and work with citizens to design the 8th civilian government."

In particular, he noted, "The core tasks of the 8th Suwon Special City civilian government are to restore economic vitality and create an urban structure befitting a special city," and added, "To this end, we have appointed Sung Yeol-hak, the representative of a prestigious Suwon enterprise, as transition committee chair, and have established a 'Military Airport Relocation Task Force' under the transition committee to quickly process the military airport relocation, which is Suwon's top priority issue."

He continued, "Mayor-Elect Jung Myung-geun of Hwaseong recently stated that he would conditionally review packaging the military airport relocation issue with the construction of the Gyeonggi Southern International Airport," and added, "Through active cooperation with Gyeonggi Province and Hwaseong City, we must achieve tangible results related to military airport relocation within this year."

National Assembly Speaker-Designate Kim Jin-pyo stated, "President Kim Dae-jung always emphasized to those in politics that they should possess both the scholarly consciousness of a literati and the practical sensibility of a merchant," and added, "In that regard, I believe Transition Committee Chair Sung Yeol-hak possesses such sensibilities well and will lead the transition committee effectively."

Congressman Kim Seung-won of Suwon stated, "Both National Assembly Speaker-Designate Kim Jin-pyo and Suwon's congressional representatives will work together to help Mayor-Elect Lee Jae-jun lead Suwon municipal administration well," and pledged, "To this end, we will secure active budget support from the government."

The Mayor-Elect concluded, "I hope that the promises made with citizens during the election process will be fully reflected in municipal administration, and that the transition committee members and civil servants will cooperate to create meaningful results," and pledged, "We will regularly report the transition committee's progress to citizens and create channels to broadly reflect citizens' opinions, so that we can create a transition committee that moves forward with citizens in the field."

Meanwhile, the transition committee appointed Sung Yeol-hak, CEO of BiViTech, as chair, Kim Ho-jin, a Suwon City councilor, as vice chair, and Kim Do-young, research fellow at the Suwon City Policy Research Institute, as secretary, and is composed of 15 members across 4 divisions: Planning and Coordination, Economy, Culture and Education, Welfare, Youth and Women, and Urban Environment and Transportation.

In addition, under the transition committee, a Military Airport Relocation Task Force to plan the military airport relocation, which is Mayor-Elect Lee Jae-jun's core campaign promise, as well as an Enterprise and Jobs Committee, Labor Committee, Integrated Care and Education Committee, Citizen Community Committee, and Sports and Culture Committee will be established, and concrete planning and citizen reporting regarding core campaign promises by sector that Mayor-Elect Lee Jae-jun made to citizens through the Suwon mayoral election will be conducted.