Elderly Residents of Mapo-gu Finally Take First Spoonful of Filial Piety Meal

Seven Locations Providing Filial Piety Meals Begin Pilot Operation from the 24th for Elderly Living Alone Aged 75 and Over

Park Gang-su, District Mayor, “Not Just a Simple Meal, but the First Step Toward One-Stop Elderly Welfare Administrative Services”

Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that starting on the 24th, it opened a total of seven resident-participation filial piety meal operation centers, from Seogang-dong No. 1 to Gongdeok-dong No. 1, and provided filial piety meals.

The resident-participation filial piety meal program is a flagship project of the 8th local government administration that provides a nutritious lunch free of charge to any resident aged 75 or older to prevent elderly malnutrition and loneliness. On the 24th, the warm first meal was finally served.

The seven pilot meal service institutions are ▲ Gongdeok-dong No. 1 and No. 2 at Ahyeon Senior Welfare Center and Ahyeon Silver Welfare Center ▲ Yonggang-dong No. 1 at Yonggang Senior Welfare Center ▲ Yeomni-dong No. 1 at Mapo Art Center (Suni Food) ▲ Daehyeong-dong No. 1 at Woori Mapo Welfare Center ▲ Sinsu-dong No. 1 at Bamseom Korean Buffet ▲ Seogang-dong No. 1 at the Mapo Senior Comprehensive Welfare Center.

At the entrance of these seven institutions, a signboard reading “Filial Piety Meals Prepared by Mapo Residents for the Elderly” is displayed, warmly welcoming the local elderly who will receive the meals in the future.

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo District, is having a conversation with the elderly at the opening ceremony of the first branch of Hyo-do Bapsang in Seogang-dong on the 24th.

On that day, at Seogang-dong No. 1 located in the Mapo Senior Comprehensive Welfare Center, about 30 elderly living alone received their first filial piety meal.

One elderly person who finished the meal said, “Cooking and eating alone was very cumbersome, so I often skipped meals, but today, eating together with others made the food taste better and the mealtime enjoyable. I am very grateful and happy that the community is doing something even my children find difficult.”

Going forward, elderly living alone in the pilot program will receive meals using various ingredients six days a week, from Monday to Saturday, at designated meal service institutions.

So far, Mapo-gu has made thorough preparations for the smooth promotion of the filial piety meal project, the first of its kind in a local district, by widely promoting the project through Chief Chef Lee Jae-yong as an ambassador and over 300 promotional team members, and appointing and training over 300 volunteers responsible for meal distribution and companionship for the elderly.

HyoDo Bapsang Seogang-dong Branch No. 1

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “The resident-participation filial piety meal program goes beyond simply providing a free meal to the elderly. It will advance from preventing malnutrition and loneliness to a one-stop elderly welfare administrative service that can manage daily needs such as health and psychological counseling.”

Eunpyeong-gu Takes First Step Toward Citizen-Centered Eunpyeong-Type Smart City

First Regular Meeting of Smart City Policy Advisory Committee Held on the 21st

Committee Composed of 20 Members Including Private Experts from Universities and Companies… Discusses and Advises on Smart City Plans

Mayor Kim: “Creating a Smart City to Enhance Urban Competitiveness and Improve Residents’ Quality of Life”

Eunpyeong-gu (District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) held the first regular meeting of the Smart City Policy Advisory Committee and is launching full-scale activities to create a smart city.

A “smart city” generally refers to an urban model that integrates new technologies such as ICT and big data to solve various urban problems and improve quality of life.

Eunpyeong-gu is promoting the creation of an “Eunpyeong-type smart city” to strengthen urban competitiveness and enhance residents’ convenience. To gather diverse policy opinions, it established the statutory body “Smart City Policy Advisory Committee” based on an ordinance for the first time this year.

The committee consists of 20 members, including 9 ex officio members such as Vice Mayor Shin Jong-woo, who serves as the chairperson, and 11 appointed members including private experts. The appointed members were recommended and appointed from the district council, universities, companies, and academic societies specializing in smart cities, urban planning, and information and communications.

The main roles include ▲ smart city planning ▲ smart city policy research and development ▲ management, operation, and financial securing of smart city infrastructure ▲ and promoting resident participation through consultation and advice.

At the regular meeting held on the 21st, new members received their appointment certificates, and a kickoff report on the “Eunpyeong-gu Smart City Master Plan” was presented. There was a lively discussion on the direction for establishing the master plan.

So far, Eunpyeong-gu has solidified its position as a smart city by utilizing 4th Industrial Revolution technologies in various fields such as safety, health, resource circulation, disaster and accident prevention, and traffic safety. Projects like AI X-ray image interpretation, AI large waste disposal, and smart school zone crosswalk infrastructure construction have won numerous awards, including the Presidential Award and recognition as local government innovation cases.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “I hope that creating a smart city will improve both urban competitiveness and residents’ quality of life. I ask the committee members for their generous advice and consultation to foster new growth engines and a vibrant local economy.”