Sang-ik Lee, Prospective Candidate for Hampyeong County Governor, "Will Strengthen the Sister City Connection"
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Lee Sang-ik, a preliminary candidate for the by-election for Hampyeong County Governor in Jeollanam-do, expressed his position on the status of domestic city, county, and district sisterhood ties and international exchanges with Hampyeong County.
On the 26th, Lee released a press statement saying, “Currently, Hampyeong County has sisterhood ties with Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province, Namhae County in Gyeongsangnam-do, Seongdong-gu, Gwanak-gu, and Gangbuk-gu in Seoul, Goseong County in Gyeongsangnam-do, Nam-gu in Busan, Jecheon City in Chungbuk, Goryeong County in Gyeongbuk, Suseong-gu in Daegu, Bupyeong-gu in Incheon, and Dong-gu in Daejeon, and has friendly exchanges with Seoul Special City.”
He added, “We will strengthen the bonds with local governments that have already established sisterhood ties with us,” and emphasized, “In the future, we will focus on establishing sisterhood ties with local governments that can sell agricultural, livestock, and fishery products from our Hampyeong.”
He also explained his intention to actively promote international exchanges.
Lee said, “Currently, international exchanges with Angeles City in Pampanga Province, Philippines, Dengfeng City in Henan Province, China, and Yiyang County in Shandong Province, China, are mainly cultural exchanges,” and added, “While valuing these cultural international exchanges, we will also actively engage in international exchanges aimed at exporting Hampyeong’s agricultural, livestock, and fishery products overseas.”
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Finally, he emphasized, “In particular, we will focus on overseas cities with flight routes departing from Muan Airport and devote efforts to international exchanges that can serve as a forward base for the overseas export of Hampyeong’s agricultural, livestock, and fishery products.”
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