Launch of the 'New City Project Special Committee'... Expanding Further in Gimpo

Vice Chairman Song Seok-jun
15 Members Appointed
"May Increase Further in the Future"

The People Power Party appointed members to the 'New City Project Special Committee' on the 6th. The 'Gimpo Seoul Incorporation Special Committee (Chairman Jo Kyung-tae)', created with the incorporation of Gimpo into Seoul in mind, has been expanded and now consists of one chairman, one vice chairman, and 15 members.

The vice chairman is currently Song Seok-jun, the head of the Gyeonggi Province Party and a two-term incumbent lawmaker representing Icheon City, Gyeonggi Province. Representative Song previously worked at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and majored in policy studies at Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration.

Song Seok-jun, Member of the People Power Party. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

Incumbent lawmakers appointed as members include Park Dae-su, Yoo Kyung-jun, Yoon Chang-hyun, Lee Yong, Jo Eun-hee, Han Mu-kyung, and Hong Seok-jun. Representatives Jo and Yoo represent Seocho and Gangnam districts in Seoul, respectively, while Representative Lee is considering running in the metropolitan area.

Among non-incumbent figures are Hong Cheol-ho, former two-term lawmaker and head of the Gimpo City Eul Party Committee in Gyeonggi Province; Na Tae-geun, head of the Guri City Party Committee in Gyeonggi Province; Kim Do-sik, former Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul; and Kim Dae-nam, head of the Urban Development Committee of the Gyeonggi Province Party. Additionally, the special committee includes Lee In-hwa, CEO of Dowon Architecture Office; Kim Ki-yoon, lawyer at a law firm; Ko Young-sam, former director of the 4th Industrial Revolution Research Center at Dongmyung University; and Kim Gap-sung, professor in the Department of Urban Engineering at Yonsei University College of Engineering.

The New City Project Special Committee, composed of the chairman, vice chairman, and 15 members, may see its membership further expanded in the future. The People Power Party is also considering the possibility of incorporating surrounding cities such as Guri, Hanam, Uijeongbu, and Gwangmyeong into Seoul along with Gimpo.

Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, stated at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the same day, "As major cities around the world are actively promoting mega-city development, I am confident that our party's New City Project will bring balanced national development and help improve the convenience and welfare of residents."

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