Gyeonggi Province Governor's Official Residence Name to Be Announced on August 10 After Public Vote

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will announce the name of the Gyeonggi Province Governor's Residence, which will be newly transformed into a communication space for residents, on the 10th of next month.

On the 31st, Gyeonggi Province announced that it had selected eight candidate names through expert review from among the candidates proposed by residents.

The province will conduct another round of resident voting to strengthen communication with residents and ensure fairness.

Previously, from the 5th to the 18th, the province solicited names for the residence through Gyeonggi Province's voice platform.

Governor Kim Dong-yeon also encouraged participation in the naming contest via his social networking service (SNS) on the 11th. As a result, a total of 1,069 suggestions were received.

The province will hold a resident vote for ten days from the 29th of this month to the 7th of next month on the province’s public opinion survey website for the eight candidate names selected through expert review.

Then, the final winning name will be decided by combining the expert review scores and the resident voting results.

The eight candidate names selected through expert review are: Gyeonggi Listening Hall, Gyeonggi Residents’ Residence, Gyeonggi Cheongcheong, Gonggwan 1967, The Sympathy House, Dodamso, Matson Communication Hall, and Seondamcheong.

The province plans to hold a plaque unveiling ceremony and a brown bag meeting (a casual and free discussion over lunch) with the naming contest participants, resident voters, and judges in the near future.

Additionally, taking this contest as an opportunity, the province plans to expand the panel of the public opinion survey website and actively utilize the system to reflect residents’ opinions in important policy decision-making processes in the future.

Lee Jong-don, Director of Public Relations Planning for the province, said, "The resident vote was held following Governor Kim Dong-yeon’s wish to gather more resident opinions for the name selection," adding, "We ask many people to participate in the vote to directly decide a meaningful name and to join the public opinion survey panel to continue voicing diverse opinions."

Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Province Governor’s Residence, located in Hwaseo-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon City, is a detached house with a total floor area of 813.98㎡, consisting of one basement floor and two above-ground floors. Completed in 1967, it has been used as the residence and office space for successive governors and was registered as a modern cultural heritage in July 2017. According to the residence utilization policy, Governor Kim plans to maintain the residence at his own expense without provincial budget support going forward.

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