Gwangju Nam-gu to Hold 25th Anniversary of Office Opening and Nam-gu Residents' Day Event on the 13th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, will hold the Nam-gu Residents' Day event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its establishment and to celebrate the efforts of residents who contributed to the development of Nam-gu during the 7th local government administration.

Nam-gu announced that on the 13th at 4 p.m., the Nam-gu Residents' Day event will be held at the Nam-gu Cultural Center to express gratitude to the residents who have devoted themselves to the continuous development and happiness of Nam-gu since its establishment in 1995, and to comfort residents' weary daily lives due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

This year's Nam-gu Residents' Day event minimized the number of attendees and face-to-face contact programs to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In particular, while the event was previously held as a large-scale event with about 600 attendees annually, this year, in compliance with quarantine levels and to maintain a distance of more than 2 meters between attendees, the number of invited guests and resident participants has been drastically reduced to about 150 people.

The event will begin at 3:40 p.m. with a singing performance by Christina, a Filipino lifelong learning village instructor active at the Nam-gu Multicultural Support Center, followed by an opening performance of ensemble drumming and Samulnori by the Traditional Culture Research Association Eolsu, and then the opening declaration.

Next, an awards ceremony will be held for the Nam-gu Residents' Award recipients who have been exemplary to others through active activities in five fields this year: social service and filial piety, culture, arts and sports, community development, and education.

The awardees in each field include Choi Hu-sik, chairman of the Hyodeok-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee; Jang Sung-hwan, chairman of the Wolsan 4-dong Community Security Council; Shin Moon-sik, Baegun 2-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee member; Lee Sang-young of the Red Cross Volunteer Society; and Jo Hyung-bok, chairman of the Nodeul Happiness and Safety Culture Cooperative.

Additionally, a special award ceremony will be held to honor the spirit of martyr Ryu Dong-woon, who sacrificed his life during the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement. Commemorative and congratulatory speeches will be delivered by District Mayor Kim Byung-nae, Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop, local district National Assembly members Yoon Young-duk and Lee Byung-hoon, Gwangju City Council Chairman Kim Yong-jip, and Nam-gu Council Chairman Park Hee-yul.

At this event, District Mayor Kim Byung-nae plans to introduce major achievements such as the New Deal project around Baegun Square and the large-scale expansion of living SOC, which are being promoted as pledges of the 7th local government administration, and present a new blueprint based on the economic sector as a vision for the development of Nam-gu in the second half of the year.

A Nam-gu official said, "Although this year's Nam-gu Residents' Day event has been greatly scaled down due to the impact of COVID-19, there is no change in gathering the hearts and minds of our residents through this event," and added, "We will do our best to carry out the event with the mindset of laying the foundation for greater development of Nam-gu."

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