Next Year, 100 Candidates to be Appointed as 'One-Day Honorary Seongnam Mayors'

On the 1st, honorary mayor Kim An-ung is discussing policies related to police-linked CCTV monitoring for crime and accident prevention with the responsible personnel.

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province will publicly recruit 100 citizens to serve as Honorary Mayors for one day next year from the 27th of this month until the 15th of next month. The recruitment covers five areas: communication administration, 4th industrial revolution, customized welfare, transportation hub, and green city.

Those selected will be appointed as Honorary Mayors for one day from January to November next year and will engage in city administration activities such as listening to key tasks in each field, visiting related department facilities and workplaces, and attending various meetings and events.

They will also meet with relevant officials and citizens on-site to discuss the development direction of Seongnam City and provide policy suggestions in the respective fields based on the opinions gathered.

Eligibility to participate as an Honorary Mayor requires being a Seongnam citizen aged 18 or older who is interested in city administration. Those wishing to participate can fill out the one-day Honorary Mayor application form and the personal information consent form on the Seongnam City Hall website and submit them within the deadline.

Seongnam City introduced this system to expand citizens' opportunities to participate in city administration and to incorporate constructive opinions into the implementation process of major city policies.

Meanwhile, 77 people who served as one-day Honorary Mayors from May to October this year made 113 policy suggestions to Seongnam City.

Among the suggestions, 107, including operating vision programs for early youth, continuous notification of city bridge inspection progress, and police-linked CCTV monitoring for crime and accident prevention, were reflected in city administration. The remaining six suggestions are being institutionally reviewed for implementation.

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