Seung-ro Lee, Seongbuk-gu Mayor, "Creating a Safe and Welfare City Without Discrimination and Blind Spots"

[Seoul District Mayor New Year's Address] "To Revitalize the Local Economy and Open a New Daily Life for Residents, We Will Fully Implement Six Major Tasks Centered on the Values of Balance, Coexistence, and Prosperity"

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il]

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, began the new year by encouraging COVID-19 home treatment managers. On the morning of the 3rd, Mayor Lee sequentially visited the home treatment task force within the district office and cooperating institutions such as Seoul Cheok Hospital and Seongbuk Woori Children’s Hospital to deliver messages of support to medical staff and related personnel.

Mayor Lee said, “I am grateful to the medical staff and all related personnel who work tirelessly day and night for the safety of our residents in the new year as well,” adding, “It is thanks to your hard work that COVID-19 patients can safely and healthily return to their daily lives.” He also stated, “Our administration will actively cooperate in response to monitoring to ensure there are no inconveniences.”

Seongbuk-gu has formed a home treatment management TF team with dedicated personnel since November last year in accordance with government guidelines to manage patients. In addition, Seongbuk Woori Children’s Hospital and Seoul Cheok Hospital, located in the district, have been designated as home treatment management medical institutions to respond to the rapidly increasing number of confirmed cases and to manage patients quickly and professionally.

Below is the full text of Mayor Lee’s New Year’s message.

Dear residents of Seongbuk-gu! How are you?

The new year of 2022, the Year of the Black Tiger, has dawned.

With the rising sun, I hope you embrace a new heart and start the year with great expectations and hope.

Despite the difficult conditions due to COVID-19 over the past year, I sincerely thank all residents who have been a strong support for district administration with unwavering interest and affection.

We have been engaged in a long battle with COVID-19 for three years now.

We have been doing our best with the shield of stable quarantine and rapid vaccination, but we cannot let our guard down until the very end.

Seongbuk-gu will do its utmost to achieve complete recovery of residents’ daily lives and the revitalization of the local economy while maintaining stable quarantine management and a sustainable medical system.

In 2022, Seongbuk-gu will prepare for a new normal that coexists with COVID-19 and overcome the crises we face together with residents as a city of living autonomy.

Furthermore, to realize the developmental future vision of Seongbuk for the next 100 years that residents desire, we will maintain and supplement key policies and projects that require continuity and redesign various contemporary issues from a new perspective.

The starting point is “a better life for residents.”

Seongbuk-gu will fully implement six major tasks centered on the values of balance, coexistence, and abundance to revive the local economy and open a new daily life for residents.

First, based on public-private cooperation, we will create a safe and welfare city without discrimination or blind spots.

Second, by utilizing diverse historical and cultural resources and expanding balanced convenience facilities within the district, we will build a people-centered cultural city where happiness can be felt in daily life.

Third, we will implement systematic urban management plans and create a smart city free from daily inconveniences.

Fourth, with the advent of the era of Local Autonomy 2.0, we will further activate resident communication and take a step forward as a village autonomy city that opens the future together with residents.

Fifth, through fostering local representative industries and revitalizing neighborhood commercial districts, we will create a sustainable and inclusive economic city.

Lastly, in line with 2050 carbon neutrality, including the promotion of recycling and upcycling culture, we will realize a green and safe city.

Dear respected residents of Seongbuk-gu,

Seongbuk-gu will continue to administer the district with residents’ trust, always reflect on whether there are areas untouched by administrative efforts, and never lose our original intention while fulfilling our mission.

Residents, I wish you a happy new year!

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