Jang Chung-nam, Namhae County Governor, "Achieving a Great Leap Forward with United Strength"

Maximizing Growth Engine Effects through Discovery of 'Low-Cost High-Efficiency Projects'

"I earnestly hope that all our county residents unite as one to overcome the economic crisis and joyfully welcome the upcoming era of the undersea tunnel."

Jang Chung-nam, Governor of Namhae County, Gyeongnam, made this statement during a press conference on the 30th, where he announced the achievements over the past one and a half years since the launch of the 8th elected administration and the future direction of county governance.

Jang Chung-nam, Governor of Namhae County, Gyeongnam, is holding a press conference.

Governor Jang first cited the proactive preparations for the undersea tunnel era made immediately after the launch of the 8th elected administration, along with the significant expansion of welfare policies closely connected to residents' daily lives, as the greatest achievements.

Namhae County swiftly implemented a 'Comprehensive Development Plan' study in preparation for the undersea tunnel era, deriving 234 individual tasks, and based on these results, all departments collaborated to select 29 core strategic projects.

Already, the 2024 budget proposal includes 15 billion KRW allocated for 10 projects such as ▲strengthening the competitiveness of small business owners, △establishing investment attraction strategies, and ▲improving tourism readiness, demonstrating rapid progress.

Even while promoting large-scale projects, the significant expansion of welfare policies closely tied to residents' daily lives is also notable.

This year, Namhae County has received great response by implementing ▲a unified fare system for rural buses (1000 KRW bus), ▲the Residents' Happiness Legal Counseling Office (free lawyer service), ▲support for shingles vaccination, and ▲a food waste disposer support project.

Additionally, Namhae County signed a 102.3 billion KRW agreement earlier this year for the 'Namhae Lighting Island Development Project' and plans to proceed with the 'Changseon Tourism Accommodation Development Project' with Hotel Shilla and Haehoon, which will have 403 rooms.

Together with Breaker Hills Namhae, scheduled to open in 2025, these projects are expected to greatly contribute to the growth of the tourism industry.

The integrity and fairness policies that Namhae County has continuously emphasized have been recognized both internally and externally.

On the 10th, Namhae County received the '15th Dasan Mokmin Grand Prize Main Award' for high evaluations across all areas including integrity policies, administrative efficiency, system improvement, conflict resolution, and resident participation. It also achieved a first-grade rating in the Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

Efforts to enhance the status of 'Tourism Namhae' and to reexamine Namhae County's historical and cultural assets are also actively underway.

This summer, Namhae County ranked 9th in vacation satisfaction surveys, rising 20 places compared to the previous year, confirming visible results from improvements in tourism readiness since the '2022 Namhae County Year of Visit.'

Administrative procedures to register jukbangnyeom fishing as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System are nearing completion, and a symposium titled 'Modern Rediscovery of the Goryeo Tripitaka Woodblock Printing Site' was held, reaffirming Namhae (Gohyeon) as the site of the Goryeo Tripitaka woodblock printing.

Regarding this, Governor Jang stated, "We will discover and inherit Namhae County's historical and cultural assets to enhance the pride of Namhae residents and simultaneously develop them as unique tourism resources exclusive to Namhae."

Governor Jang also showed his willingness to communicate by directly explaining major issues currently being discussed in the local community.

First, concerning the recent opposition from residents around the section involved in the ongoing discussions about the route adjustment of National Road No. 77, he said, "We will actively present residents' opinions to related agencies such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Gyeongnam Province, and continue related consultations."

He added, "We will steadily proceed with urgent linear improvement works first and foster tourism and industrial infrastructure that can create synergy effects with the undersea tunnel."

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