Accepting Even the 'Opponent's' Pledges... Park Hyung-jun Busan Mayor Transition Team Establishes One of Kim Young-choon's Pledges as a 'Core Vision'

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Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun is delivering his inaugural speech at the inauguration ceremony held at Busan City Hall in Yeonje-gu, Busan, on the morning of the 8th.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Park Hyung-jun, mayor of Busan, decided to adopt one of the pledges of Kim Young-choon, the Democratic Party candidate who was his 'rival' in the April 7 by-election, as a core vision and promote it as is.

Ha Tae-kyung, member of the People Power Party and chairman of the Busan Future Innovation Committee, which serves as the transition committee for the Busan mayor, stated, “We will establish a future innovation vision based on integration and cooperation without unilateralism or arbitrariness for the development of Busan,” expressing his intention to accept Kim Young-choon’s pledge.

Chairman Ha Tae-kyung set the vision criteria of the Innovation Committee through consultations with Mayor Park Hyung-jun.

First, it is to establish a vision for the operation values of the new Mayor Park Hyung-jun’s administration and the achievement of campaign pledges; second, to embrace the ruling party’s pledge strategy vision for integration and cooperation.

Third, the vision will be established focusing on future innovation development strategies.

Chairman Ha Tae-kyung introduced, “The core vision is to make Busan the Northeast Asia’s second Singapore international economic city,” adding, “This vision is from Kim Young-choon’s pledge.”

He also said, “Adopting the rival candidate’s vision as the core vision of Park Hyung-jun’s administration strongly expresses our will to cooperate without unilateralism or arbitrariness.”

The first phase of the Busan Future Innovation Committee will operate for up to one month, and the committee members will be composed of about 30 experts from various fields, including Busan entrepreneurs and foreigners.

The Busan Future Innovation Committee appointed Assembly members Hwang Bo-seung-hee and Kim Hee-gon as chief spokespersons, and former city council member Jeon Jin-young, lawyer Kim So-jung, and Yonsei University visiting professor Kwon Sung-joo as spokespersons.

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