Cha Hyun-il, Yeongdeungpo District Mayor, Starts Third Year of the 7th Elected Term

On the 2nd, over 1,000 employees gathered at Yeongdeungpo Art Hall for the '2020 Opening Ceremony'... New Year's address by the district mayor, Yeongdeungpo Top 10 News, employee New Year wishes video, sand art performance, and more

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Chae Hyun-il) held the ‘2020 Opening Ceremony’ on the afternoon of the 2nd at Yeongdeungpo Art Hall, with about 1,000 employees participating, sharing this year’s goals to continue the legacy of the undisputed ‘head family’ of Seoul’s southwest region and fostering unity.

The opening ceremony is a meaningful event to commemorate the beginning of the year with employees and to share policy directions for residents.

On this day, employees from the district office, health center, community service centers, and the district council office gathered in one place to review the achievements of the past year and to renew their determination to make Yeongdeungpo-gu even more hopeful in 2020.

Before the main ceremony, a sand art performance and a popera stage, conveying messages symbolizing the district, were held to raise the atmosphere.

Following this, the ceremony began with the screening of Yeongdeungpo’s Top 10 News and a video of employees’ wishes, the mayor’s New Year’s address, and presentations of new year visions by departments.

The first screening of Yeongdeungpo’s Top 10 News introduced policies that brightened Yeongdeungpo last year, selected directly by residents and employees, including the removal of street vendors in front of Yeongdeungpo Station and improvement of pedestrian paths, creation of Dangsan-gol Cultural Street, establishment of parking lots on idle land, and opening of private facility parking lots.

Next, a video containing employees’ wishes for the new year was screened, receiving great response.

Mayor Chae Hyun-il’s New Year’s address was concise yet more powerful than ever. In the third year of the 7th elected term, he promised to implement policies centered on five major district goals so that residents can deeply feel Yeongdeungpo’s change and leap forward.

In education and culture, resident-friendly cultural complex libraries will be built throughout the region, and urban regeneration-type village libraries will be established in every neighborhood. Additionally, the Daeseon Flour Complex Cultural Space and the 2nd Sejong Cultural Center will be constructed to establish a representative cultural hub in the southwest area.

In the economic sector, to revitalize the local economy, Yeongdeungpo Love Gift Certificates worth 20 billion KRW will be issued to support small businesses and self-employed merchants and to boost neighborhood markets. Infrastructure for activating the financial special zone and smart medical special zone will also be continuously built.

For a pleasant and safe city, residential environments will be improved to become a safe city. The RFID-based food waste volume charging system will be fully implemented in general housing, and odor reduction projects will be expanded.

Furthermore, efforts will be made to alleviate parking difficulties through shared parking by creating parking lots on abandoned private and leftover land and opening public and private facility parking lots.

Welfare will also be accelerated. A comprehensive senior welfare center and social welfare complex facility will be built, creating 3,880 jobs for the elderly to support a secure old age.

Finally, to realize democratic procedures, communication with residents will be enhanced through an open district mayor’s office that visits residents, Yeongdeungpo 1st Street, Yeongdeungpo Newspaper Office, town hall meetings, and other channels to reflect residents’ voices in policies.

Following this, senior officials presented their new year goals and visions. After greetings from the mayor, deputy mayor, and department heads, the hidden slogan ‘Towards a New Future! Open Yeongdeungpo, 2020 Together!’ appeared, and all employees renewed their determination while viewing it.

Yeongdeungpo Mayor Chae Hyun-il said, “It was a meaningful time to pledge 2020 together with employees at the start of the Year of the Rat,” adding, “I will motivate employees and create a flexible organizational culture to strive toward the goals of district development and realization of resident welfare.”

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