Haenam-gun Announces 'Regulatory Reform' Contest for Residents

"Removing Unreasonable Regulations Will Change My Life"

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) announced on the 3rd that it will conduct the "2020 Regulation Reform Contest to Change Daily Life" to discover and improve unreasonable regulations felt in daily life and on-site.

The contest covers various regulations experienced in all fields such as daily life, economy, and cultural tourism, and any Haenam citizen can participate.

To participate, applicants can either write directly on the regulation reform contest board on the Haenam-gun website or fill out an application form and submit it via email or mail (Planning Office, Council Legal Team) by the end of July.

In August, after preliminary review by the responsible department and the practical review committee, the Regulation Reform Committee will conduct the final evaluation and select 2 grand prize winners (each 500,000 KRW), 4 excellence winners (each 300,000 KRW), 6 encouragement winners (each 200,000 KRW), and 8 effort winners (each 100,000 KRW). The prize money will be paid in Haenam Love Gift Certificates.

Additionally, the submitted regulation improvement tasks will be forwarded to central government ministries as improvement projects and actively utilized as excellent cases of regulatory innovation.

A Haenam-gun official stated, "We hope you freely share any inconveniences or dissatisfactions you have felt in daily life or on-site," and added, "We ask for the active interest and participation of all citizens in discovering regulation improvement tasks."

Meanwhile, Haenam-gun has been actively working to improve citizens' lives through regulatory reform and has achieved notable results. In April, it held a Regulation Reform Committee meeting and improved six local ordinance registration regulations, and operates a visiting regulation reporting center monthly to discover regulatory difficulties faced by small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners.

Accordingly, it received approval for a change in the basic management plan of the Ttangkkeut Haenam Food Specialization Complex to add solar power generation business to the types of businesses and qualifications for residents within the complex, which was selected as an excellent case in the Jeollanam-do comprehensive audit.

Haenam-gun plans to continue discovering regulatory reform tasks and propose them to central government ministries for improvement, along with promoting the regulation reform contest.

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