Hong Taeyong, Mayor of Gimhae, "I Have Come to Understand Well What Citizens Want"

'Conversation with Residents of 19 Eup, Myeon, and Dong' Period

"Through the 2023 dialogue with residents, listening to the stories of citizens from 19 eup, myeon, and dong, we have come to understand well what the citizens want."

On the 31st of last month, Hong Taeyong, mayor of Gimhae City, Gyeongnam, who completed the dialogue with residents of 19 eup, myeon, and dong, made this statement.

The city announced on the 1st that the dialogue with residents, which began on March 13 in Jangyu 3-dong, concluded that day at the Saman-dong Administrative Welfare Center.

Hong Tae-yong, mayor of Gimhae City, Gyeongnam, is explaining the administrative vision to residents at the Saman-dong Administrative Welfare Center.
[Photo by Gimhae City Hall]

On this day, Mayor Hong personally explained while showing prepared materials on the city's administrative performance and goals for "Bold Challenges Toward Citizens' Dreams and Happiness, New Gimhae."

He also introduced the six major directions of city administration: administration, industry, environment, urban development, welfare, and culture.

He spoke about the promotion plans for the five strategic industries responsible for Gimhae's next 100 years: bio-life and medical devices, digital logistics, smart centers, future automobiles, and intelligent robots.

He also shared directions for future-based projects such as liquefied hydrogen, information and communication technology (ICT) convergence, civil-military MRO, food, metaverse, and content.

Hong Tae-yong, Mayor of Gimhae, Gyeongnam (center), is taking a commemorative photo with residents of Saman-dong. [Photo by Gimhae City Hall]

On this day, residents requested ▲ measures to alleviate traffic congestion following the move-in of Andong Prugio Phase 1 apartments ▲ prompt promotion of the Sineocheon complex space stream maintenance project ▲ construction of Sambang Senior Citizens' Center.

In response, Mayor Hong said, "We will promptly handle issues that can be resolved immediately, and for matters requiring more time, the responsible departments will carefully review them to ensure the issues are resolved well."

He added, "We will listen carefully to the voices of citizens and do our best so that Gimhae City can change and grow together with its citizens."

Participating residents said, "It was impressive to see the proactive communication and the effort to visit complaint sites in advance and think about local issues together with residents," and "We hope that Gimhae City's future visions will surely be realized."

The dialogue with residents was attended by heads of city offices and bureaus, Gyeongnam provincial council members, and Gimhae city council members. The submitted resident requests will be reviewed by relevant departments and responses will be provided to the respective petitioners.

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