'The Proud Face of Pocheon'... Pocheon Citizen Award Recipients Selected

16th Annual... The Most Prestigious Award in Pocheon City
Merit Review Committee Confirms 7 Winners Across 6 Categories

Pocheon City Hall exterior.

Gyeonggi Pocheon City (Mayor Baek Young-hyun) held the 2024 Pocheon Citizen Award Merit Review Committee meeting on the 12th at the city administration conference room and selected the honorable award recipients.

Now in its 16th year, the Pocheon Citizen Award is the most prestigious award in Pocheon City, given to the top contributors in each category who have dedicated themselves to the development and service of the local community.

On this day, the Merit Review Committee conducted a fair and rigorous evaluation and selected seven recipients across six categories. In the case of the industrial economy category, no recipient was selected in accordance with Article 10 of the "Pocheon Citizen Award Ordinance Enforcement Rules."

The selected recipients are △ Culture and Arts category: Lee Ja-hee, Head of the Pocheon Branch of the Korea Fine Arts Association △ Sports category: Lee Kyung-joo, Chairman of the Gwanin-myeon Sports Council △ Education and Scholarship category: Song Sung-sook, Associate Professor at Daejin University △ Regional Development category: Lee In-seok, Member of the Idong-myeon Residents' Autonomy Committee △ Agriculture category: Ahn Han-jin, Head of the Pocheon Broiler Branch of the Korea Poultry Association △ Social Service category: Han Eun-sook, Chairperson of the Pocheon District Council of the Korean Red Cross Volunteer Association, and Park Sung-hwan, Chairman of the Sinbuk-myeon Defense Council.

The Pocheon Citizen Award ceremony will be held at the 22nd Pocheon Citizens' Day commemorative event on the 13th of next month at the Pocheon Sports Complex.

Mayor Baek Young-hyun said, "The recipients of the Citizen Award have long been recognized by citizens for their extraordinary patriotism and dedication to the development and service of the local community," adding, "I ask that you continue to work together to make Pocheon a beautiful and developing city."

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