Jung Won-oh, Seongdong District Mayor: "Expanding Complex Cultural and Sports Centers and Ai Sarang Complex Cultural Centers to Improve Quality of Life"

Seongdong-gu Mayor Jeong Won-oh stated in his 2021 New Year's address, "We will promote untact projects required in the With-Corona era while firmly strengthening the foundation of a smart inclusive city where no one is left behind and everyone shares happiness."

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, "While promoting untact projects required in the With-Corona era, we will also strengthen the foundation of a smart inclusive city where no one is left behind and everyone can be happy together."

In his 2021 New Year's address, Mayor Jung stated, "In difficult times, we must be more faithful to the basics, and at the center of that is ‘people.’ We will ease the suffering of residents by maintaining employment and creating jobs, which form the foundation of livelihood stability."

He added, "We will expand the globally recognized ‘Seongdong-type Smart Shelter’ to accelerate our role as a smart special zone leading K-quarantine, and the ‘Smart Crosswalk’ will continue to ensure everyone's safety."

Furthermore, he announced plans to improve the quality of life in the city by expanding infrastructure such as the Complex Culture and Sports Center and the Child Love Complex Culture Center so that residents can enjoy a healthy daily life.

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New Year's Address

Dear residents of Seongdong-gu!

We welcome the New Year of the Ox (Sinchuknyeon, 辛丑年) with new dreams and hopes. Happy New Year.

The year 2020 was a year when we all struggled to protect our daily lives in our respective places in the face of an unfamiliar and fearful reality that no one had ever experienced before. Residents, you have worked hard.

The 7th term of the local government is already entering its latter half.

Despite the harsh environment caused by COVID-19, we have done our best to strengthen the social safety net, including the nationwide first enactment of an ordinance for essential workers who sacrifice for the community. To eliminate welfare disparities by region, Seongdong-gu has taken the lead, and together with Seoul City, the Office of Education, and autonomous districts, uniform support for school admission preparation funds and birth congratulatory money will be provided throughout Seoul starting this year.

The Seongdong-type mobile electronic logbook, the first of its kind nationwide, has led to its adoption across the country. The smart crosswalk and smart shelter have been recognized as pioneering policy models in urban administration that residents can feel.

Thanks to these pioneering policies, we have received the Presidential Award for two consecutive years for the first time nationwide in the ‘Government Innovation Evaluation’ and the honor of the ‘UN Public Administration Award,’ the world’s most prestigious award known as the Nobel Prize of public administration.

In 2021, a greater wind of change will blow through Seongdong-gu.

Seungpungparang (乘風破浪), meaning to ride the wind and break the waves, we will take a leap forward powered by the trust and support of our residents.

While promoting untact projects required in the With-Corona era, we will also strengthen the foundation of a smart inclusive city where no one is left behind and everyone can be happy together.

In difficult times, we must be more faithful to the basics, and at the center of that is ‘people.’ We will ease the suffering of residents by maintaining employment and creating jobs, which form the foundation of livelihood stability.

We will expand the globally recognized ‘Seongdong-type Smart Shelter’ to accelerate our role as a smart special zone leading K-quarantine, and the ‘Smart Crosswalk’ will continue to ensure everyone's safety.

Furthermore, we will improve the quality of life in the city by expanding infrastructure such as the Complex Culture and Sports Center and the Child Love Complex Culture Center so that residents can enjoy a healthy daily life.

Residents of Seongdong-gu!

This year is the ‘Year of the White Ox.’ I believe that with its vitality and dynamic energy, we will firmly overcome the current difficult situation, and I wish you and your families health and happiness always. Thank you.

January 1, 2021

Seongdong-gu Mayor Jung Won-oh

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