Gwangju City Holds 'On-Site Listening Day'... Public Wi-Fi Installed at Senior Centers

On the morning of the 23rd, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the 18th On-site Listening Day event held at the Dong-gu Pureun Village Community Center, where he listened to complaints related to the installation of public Wi-Fi at senior centers, which will be used by the elderly, along with Im Taek, Dong-gu District Mayor, Lee Hong-il, city council member, and members of the Citizens' Rights Committee, and then took a commemorative photo. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that it held a ‘Field Listening Day’ at the Pureunmaeul Community Center in Sansu-dong, Dong-gu to provide ‘public Wi-Fi supply at senior centers.’

This ‘Field Listening Day’ was conducted under the chairmanship of Choi Young-tae, Chairman of the Citizens' Rights Committee, with the participation of Mayor Lee Yong-seop, Dong-gu District Mayor Im Taek, City Councilor Lee Hong-il, Dong-gu council members, Citizens' Rights Committee members, and citizens.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop comforted the elderly who are having difficulties due to COVID-19 social distancing measures and listened to their concerns, including the installation of public Wi-Fi at senior centers.

As of last month, there are 1,335 senior centers registered in Gwangju, with 46,017 elderly members.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, outdoor activities have become difficult and indoor activities have increased, highlighting the importance of smartphone use for information access and leisure. Consequently, there have been requests to install public Wi-Fi at senior centers.

One citizen said, “If public Wi-Fi is installed at senior centers, it will help the elderly expand their smartphone use and communicate with the world through the internet.”

Another citizen said, “Senior centers are places used by many elderly people, so the city should strive to make them safe and comfortable environments, protecting them from diseases or risks like COVID-19.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “It is regrettable that many elderly people cannot meet their children who live far away during the upcoming Chuseok holiday due to COVID-19. We will do our best to block local COVID-19 infections so that senior centers can open as soon as possible and the elderly can spend time chatting together. I hope that the elderly will be able to freely use the internet and Wi-Fi in this nationwide mobile phone era, where everyone exchanges news and non-face-to-face information with family, relatives, and neighbors through their phones, promoting active communication across classes and generations.”

He added, “We will install public Wi-Fi in the 1,335 senior centers in the city, which serve as beloved resting places for the elderly, to expand their opportunities to utilize information. We will actively accept the opinions proposed by the elderly and quickly implement this in cooperation with the five autonomous districts.”

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