Gangjin-gun Starts the New Year of the Year of the Ox with a Visit to the Memorial Tower for the Fallen Soldiers

New Year's Greetings via Video Message Reading Instead of Opening Ceremony Due to COVID-19

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] On the 4th, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that considering the safety of its residents due to COVID-19, it did not hold the New Year's opening ceremony and started the Year of the Ox with a visit to the Boeunsan Memorial Tower and the broadcast of the New Year's address video.

On this day, Lee Seung-ok, the governor of Gangjin-gun, along with heads of various departments, visited the Boeunsan Memorial Tower to pray for the well-being of Gangjin residents in the new year of the Ox.

Also, the annual opening ceremony, which announces the vision of the county administration, was canceled, and before the expanded executive meeting, a video of Governor Lee Seung-ok reading the New Year's address was broadcast to convey New Year's greetings to the residents.

In his New Year's address, Governor Lee Seung-ok stated, “We will implement the vision of revitalizing the local economy through job creation by attracting companies, creating a culture and arts-based stay-type tourist destination, strengthening the competitiveness of agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries focusing on processing and distribution, promoting balanced regional development through the expansion of major infrastructure, and realizing a happy welfare community together by promoting various welfare policies.”

He also said, “Gangjin-gun will seek a path where quarantine and the economy go hand in hand, making finances a stepping stone for economic recovery, and maintain itself as a COVID-19 clean area.”

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