[Photo] Yuseonghun, Geumcheon District Mayor, Participates in Corn Harvest Experience with Entire Family

[Seoul District News] Geumcheon-gu Hosts 'Corn Harvest Experience' Event at Gwangmyeong Urban Agriculture Experience Center on the 19th... Oh Seung-rok, Nowon-gu Mayor, Attends 2022 Nowon-gu Social Economy Enterprises Public Procurement Expo... Park Hee-young, Yongsan-gu Mayor, Distributes 14,500 Self-Diagnosis Kits to Daycare Centers... Jeong Mun-heon, Jongno-gu Mayor, Launches 'Non-face-to-face Communication' Initiative... NH Nonghyup Life Donates 1,830 Bags (10kg Each) of 'Love Rice' Worth About 50 Million KRW to Seodaemun-gu... Boseong Industrial Development Donates 60 Million KRW for Low-Income Families in Dongdaemun-gu

Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) held a ‘Corn Harvest Experience’ event on the 19th at the Gwangmyeong Urban Agriculture Experience Center.

This corn harvest experience event was conducted for children’s groups and general families from Geumcheon-gu recruited through the Geumcheon-gu website. Participants enjoyed various activities including ▲ corn harvesting experience ▲ sharing grilled corn over charcoal ▲ farm tours.

Geumcheon-gu has established and operates urban agriculture experience centers at Anyangcheon (719-5, Doksan-dong, left bank) and Gwangmyeong (332, Haan-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, Gwangmyeong Farm) this year. Among them, Gwangmyeong Farm operates a camping farm (8 decks, 3,000㎡) and a weekend farm (50 public garden plots, 1,283㎡).

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “I hope children and parents who find it difficult to experience rural scenery in daily life were able to enjoy the joy of harvest even for a moment through this event,” and added, “We plan to hold an autumn crop harvest experience in October, so we ask for your active participation then as well.”

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, attended the ‘2022 Nowon-gu Social Economy Enterprises Public Procurement Expo’ held at the Nowon-gu Office auditorium at 2 p.m. on the 19th.

Started in 2017 and now in its 5th year, the ‘Nowon-gu Social Economy Enterprises Public Procurement Expo’ is an event designed to raise awareness of social economy enterprises and public procurement, and to promote and support sales channels for products and services of social economy enterprises.

The event was co-hosted by Nowon-gu Office and the Nowon Social Economy Support Center, with participation from 18 social economy enterprises in Nowon-gu, including social enterprises, cooperatives, village enterprises, and self-support enterprises.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “Through this event, I hope to not only raise awareness of social economy enterprises but also expand sales channels and increase income through institutional public procurement,” adding, “During these difficult times due to COVID-19, we will continue to support the activation of social economy not only within the local social economy enterprises but beyond.”

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, visited the workplace daycare center located on the first floor of the government building on the 19th to greet children and assisted in delivering quarantine supplies at the distribution site of COVID-19 self-test kits at the daycare center on the third basement floor.

This was a proactive response to protect vulnerable children and prevent the spread of infection amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19.

On the same day, the district distributed 14,500 self-test kits and 106 disinfectant sprays to 106 daycare centers in the area at the Yongsan Art Hall lecture room. The kits are sufficient for 4,787 children and childcare staff to use three kits each and will be stored at the daycare centers for use when infection is suspected.

Mayor Park Hee-young of Yongsan-gu said, “Parents must be very worried about sending their children to daycare centers amid the confusing situation caused by the COVID-19 resurgence,” and added, “We will carefully support the safety of children, including providing self-test kits and protecting those in vaccine blind spots.”

The district started the 4th COVID-19 vaccination and pre-registration from July 18 for those aged 50 and over and those aged 18-49 with underlying conditions. Reservations can be made through the ‘Vaccination Pre-Registration System,’ by phone at medical institutions, or by visiting community centers.

Jung Moon-heon, Mayor of Jongno-gu, plans to enhance resident satisfaction by establishing an online civil complaint reception system within the Resident Communication Office and holding ‘non-face-to-face communication meetings’ with the start of the 8th elected term.

Notably, Mayor Jung Moon-heon himself will attend meetings using the Zoom program to communicate more closely with residents, not only the heads or staff of the relevant departments.

Jongno-gu’s communication meetings will be conducted in two stages: ▲ Stage 1 non-face-to-face ▲ Stage 2 final face-to-face. The agenda items are complex and repetitive civil complaints directly applied for by residents to the Resident Communication Office.

For complex and chronic complaints spanning multiple departments, the head of the Resident Communication Office will hold meetings flexibly once or twice a week if deemed necessary for video conferencing.

Once the agenda and schedule are decided, the complainant is notified and can attend the Stage 1 non-face-to-face communication meeting at their local community center on the scheduled day without needing to visit the district office. The results are delivered in writing within 10 days.

The Stage 2 final face-to-face meeting is held if the complainant raises objections to the results of the previous non-face-to-face meeting. It is limited to cases where the Resident Communication Office head and the relevant department head decide that a re-examination is necessary, with attendance by the Resident Communication Office, the relevant department staff, and the complainant.

Jongno-gu expects that holding communication meetings in stages will improve residents’ satisfaction with administrative services and work efficiency, and reduce the distance between the district office and residents to create an open district administration.

Mayor Jung Moon-heon stated, “In addition to communication meetings, we will establish various online and offline channels to listen to the voices of Jongno residents and carefully ensure that civil complaints are handled fairly.”

Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Seong-heon) announced that it received a donation of 1,830 bags of ‘Love Rice’ weighing 10kg each (worth about 50 million KRW) from NH Nonghyup Life Insurance (CEO Kim In-tae) on the 18th.

Of these, 1,700 bags will be distributed to vulnerable residents in the area through Seodaemun Jeongdameun Food Market and Seodaemun Food Bank, and 130 bags will be delivered to families of children under case management through the Seodaemun Comprehensive Social Welfare Center.

NH Nonghyup Life Insurance is located in Migeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, and actively carries out social contribution activities with the goals of practicing love for life, neighbors, and rural communities.

At the handover ceremony held at Seodaemun-gu Office, Kim In-tae, CEO of NH Nonghyup Life Insurance, said, “We want to continuously participate in sharing projects with interest in those in need in the community.”

Lee Seong-heon, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, expressed gratitude to NH Nonghyup Life Insurance for caring for neighbors and said, “We will also strive to discover and connect welfare resources from companies and organizations for a happy and lifelong welfare Seodaemun for all residents.”

On the afternoon of the 19th at 2 PM, Kim Dae-geun, CEO of Boseong Industrial Development, visited Dongdaemun District Office to donate 60 million won in cash for low-income families and took a commemorative photo with Lee Pil-hyung, head of Dongdaemun District Office (right).

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced that Boseong Industrial Development donated funds to Dongdaemun-gu as part of fulfilling conditions for the conditional registration of a large-scale store at the Hanyang Sujain Graciel sales facility near Cheongnyangni Station.

On the 19th at 2 p.m., Boseong Industrial Development (CEO Kim Dae-geun, based in Gwangju Metropolitan City) visited Dongdaemun-gu Office and donated 60 million KRW to support low-income groups.

The handover ceremony was attended by Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, Kim Dae-geun, CEO of Boseong Industrial Development, Executive Director Han Sang-hoon, Team Leader Kim Chang-hwan, and Deputy Manager Ahn Tae-woo.

The donated funds will be used as valuable resources to share hope with marginalized and struggling residents in the area through the Dongdaemun-gu Social Welfare Council.

Kim Dae-geun, CEO of Boseong Industrial Development, said, “I am very pleased that the opening of this large-scale store will contribute to revitalizing the local commercial district of Dongdaemun-gu and provide support to neighbors in need.”

Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, expressed gratitude to Boseong Industrial Development for their warm-heartedness in supporting marginalized neighbors and wished for infinite development through the opening of the large-scale store in the district.

Boseong Industrial Development is also making efforts to revitalize the local economy by signing a win-win development agreement with nearby traditional markets along with the registration of the large-scale store.

Hyosung (CEO Cho Hyun-joon) donated 500 bags of 20kg rice (worth 25 million KRW) to Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Kang-soo) on the 18th.

The donated rice will be distributed to 500 low-income households through local community centers and social welfare facilities.

Hyosung, located in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, has been conducting ‘Love Rice’ sharing twice a year since 2006 for vulnerable groups residing in the district.