GIMPO — Gimpo Mayor Lee Ki-hyung will share changes in city administration with residents and discuss key policy directions for the city's current term under Korea's local self-governance system — its ninth since 1995 — as he marks 100 days in office.
The city said on the 1st that it will hold "Talk, Talk, Talk With Citizens: 100 Days Since the Launch of the Ninth Elected Local Government" (a reference to the city's ninth popularly elected term since 1995) on the 7th in the large auditorium on the third floor of Gimpo Art Hall.
Rather than simply presenting its record one-way, the city said it intends to hear residents' views directly and reflect them in how pledge projects are carried out going forward.
Lee will take the stage to explain the main administrative tasks pursued since taking office and policy results closely tied to residents' daily lives. He is also expected to cover progress in areas including transportation, education, the economy, welfare and culture, as well as suggestions gathered from residents in the field and how they were incorporated into city policy.
A session will also be set aside to discuss with residents the policy directions Gimpo will pursue under the ninth elected local government. After introducing its main pledge projects, the city will hold a policy vote so residents can offer their views directly. A question-and-answer session will follow, with Lee responding to questions from the floor.
The event is designed to treat the 100-day mark not merely as an occasion to announce results but as a chance to review the direction of city administration going forward. The city said it aims in particular to expand changes residents can feel in daily life and to widen citizen participation in policy decisions.
Since taking office, Lee has stepped up face-to-face communication with residents, focusing on easing everyday inconveniences and on administration residents can feel. Starting with this event, the city plans to continue expanding channels for reflecting residents' views in policy and to strengthen execution of the ninth local government's core tasks.
"I believe residents' self-respect is the city's competitiveness," Lee said. "I will report directly on the changes we have made together with residents over the past 100 days, and I will draw the direction Gimpo should take going forward together with residents."
The city said it will also continue to strengthen on-site administration based on direct communication with residents and to offer a range of communication programs so that residents can become participants in the policy process rather than merely beneficiaries of policy.
