Park Wooryang, Shinan County Governor, "I will do my best to create a happy Shinan"

The 316th Sinan-gun Council 2nd Regular Session Mayoral Address

Next Year's Budget Set at 670.8 Billion KRW, Presenting 9 Key Areas for County Administration Direction

Park Woo-ryang, the mayor of Sinan County, presented the 2024 budget proposal and the direction of county administration during the 2nd regular session of the 316th Sinan County Council on the 20th.

Mayor Park emphasized, “Considering that the local ordinary allocation tax, which supports expenditure budgets in all sectors of Sinan County, is expected to be significantly reduced due to the government's austerity budget next year, we will realize the core values of the 8th elected administration and maintain fiscal soundness through strategic budget formulation and efficient budget management by selecting and concentrating financial operations.”

He also stated, “We will steadily pursue the goal of making Sinan a place where residents are proud and confident to live on the islands.”

As achievements in 2023, he cited securing 86.6 billion KRW in national and provincial subsidies through public contests, the successful hosting of the ‘2023 Culture Month Event’ organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the approval of Heuksan Airport construction by the National Park Committee?a long-awaited project in the Jeonnam and Gwangju regions?selection for the K-Tourism Island Development Project led by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the expansion of the renewable energy development profit-sharing system to five islands.

County Governor Park Woo-ryang is delivering a policy speech at the 2nd regular session of the 316th Shinan County Council.
[Photo by Shinan County]

He expressed deep gratitude to the residents, saying, “Throughout the year, 12 flower festivals including the leading Narcissus Festival and 10 seafood festivals were successfully held with enthusiastic participation from the residents.”

He further explained, “The Purple Island, which has become a world-renowned attraction, receives an average of 9,000 visitors weekly; the Imjado Tulip Festival attracts around 80,000 visitors; the Palgeum Canola Flower Festival draws about 33,000 visitors; and Dochodo, known as the Hydrangea Island and the Garden of Fantasy, welcomes 20,000 visitors. Such continuous influx of tourists breathes new vitality into Sinan County.”

In particular, he said, “We will continue to promote projects such as the One Island One Museum and One Island One Garden initiatives to maximize the value of the excellent natural scenery of the 1004 Islands of Sinan. By establishing a foundation for island-specialized garden cities themed on culture, arts, flowers, and trees, we will cultivate the entire Sinan County into a refined and beautiful space that everyone can appreciate and find happiness in.”

On this day, the 2024 county administration direction included goals to make Sinan a place where residents are proud to live on the islands by pursuing △ the 1004 Islands as a representative cultural and artistic hub of Korea △ realization of Sinan’s unique garden policy through creating islands blooming with flowers all year round △ focused development of high-income eco-friendly agriculture, livestock, and fisheries businesses △ expansion of lifelong pension benefits through eco-friendly energy projects △ realization of equitable welfare and leading welfare policies among local governments nationwide △ promotion of hopeful education policies in Sinan △ implementation of policies to establish Sinan as a global marine ecological center △ establishment of customized integrated transportation welfare △ and administration in partnership with residents.

To this end, Sinan County submitted a 2024 budget to the county council totaling 670.8 billion KRW, a decrease of 0.88% or 6 billion KRW from this year. The general account was set at 619 billion KRW, down 4.36% from this year, while the special account was increased by 75.3% to 51.8 billion KRW.

Mayor Park Woo-ryang stated, “We plan to continue leading the county administration with the top priority of improving the quality of life for each resident, and we will do our best to create a happy Sinan together with the residents.”

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