Hong Joon-pyo "Opposes Competition Between Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport and Gadukdo"

Emphasized at Daegu City Executive Meeting: "Officials Must Change for Daegu to Change"

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Koo Dae-sun] At the February executive meeting held on the 6th in the large conference room of the Sangyeok Office Building at Daegu City Hall, Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo stated to the Audit Committee that “Improving integrity is the top priority,” and instructed to establish integrity measurement standards and apply them to the annual audit, focusing on enhancing Daegu’s integrity this year.

Mayor Hong then explained to the Integrated New Airport Construction Headquarters the importance of passing the ‘Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport Special Act’ through the National Assembly within February, emphasizing that it is inappropriate to pit the Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport and the Gadeokdo New Airport, both based on the ‘donation and concession’ method, against each other in a competitive framework. Since all the Yeongnam region metropolitan leaders share no disagreement, he ordered them to accurately understand the core issues and respond accordingly.

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo is saying at an executive meeting, "Daegu will change only if public officials change."

To the Citizen Safety Office, he instructed to strengthen the investigation of livestock facilities and the crackdown on emissions to ensure the purification system operates normally as part of measures to reduce livestock manure discharge. He also ordered stricter enforcement and stronger punishment for illegal activities at livestock manure discharge facilities that cause various environmental pollution.

Mayor Hong further mentioned that the main cause of frequent fires in industrial complexes recently is the aging of facilities, stressing the need to transition to smart industrial complexes as a fundamental countermeasure, and urged thorough fire inspections of various aging facilities.

He praised the efforts of public officials and the Fire Headquarters, saying that the recent Jeongwol Daeboreum event, resumed after three years since COVID-19, was completed without any large or small forest fires or other fires, encouraging the hard work of the related officials.

Finally, Mayor Hong said, “If public officials change, Daegu changes,” and urged Daegu city officials to work with a sense of mission so that the public service community can lead the ‘Daegu Gulg(i) (Daegu’s Rise).’