74% of Gyeonggi Residents Say "Governor Kim Dong-yeon Will Lead Provincial Administration Well"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Residents of Gyeonggi Province identified "Economy and Jobs" and "Housing and Real Estate" as the top priorities for the 8th term of the Gyeonggi provincial government.

According to a survey conducted by the public opinion research firm Case Stat Research on 1,000 residents of the province on the 9th of last month regarding the "Perceptions related to the launch of the 8th term Gyeonggi provincial government," the highest priority task was "Economy and Jobs" at 25%.

Following that were ▲Housing and Real Estate (23%) ▲Balanced Regional Development within the Province (10%) ▲Welfare and Childcare (9%) ▲Transportation (9%) ▲Youth Policy (6%) ▲Environment and Energy (5%) in order.

The policy area that residents most expect from the 8th term Gyeonggi provincial government was also analyzed as "Economy and Jobs" (20%). "Housing and Real Estate" ranked second with 18%.

This is interpreted as reflecting expectations that Governor Kim Dong-yeon, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance, is an expert in the economic field.

Additionally, 74% of Gyeonggi residents responded "will do well" when asked "How do you think Gyeonggi Province will operate its government going forward?" Negative expectations of "will not do well" accounted for only 13%.

67% of Gyeonggi residents anticipated that the economy and economic conditions in the second half of this year would worsen compared to the first half.

Earlier, on the 18th, the province allocated a budget of 235.9 billion KRW for emergency economic response and began implementing urgent measures.

The survey was conducted via telephone interviews. The confidence level is 95%, with a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points.

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