Pyeongtaek City Civil Services Center Receives Minister of Interior and Safety Award

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City's Civil Services Center was selected as the '2019 Citizen Happiness Civil Services Center' and received the Minister of Interior and Safety Award at the '2019 Civil Services Officials Day' event on the 10th.

The Citizen Happiness Civil Services Center was selected from a total of 13 outstanding institutions nationwide by the Ministry of Interior and Safety, targeting local governments, metropolitan and provincial education offices, and the National Tax Service.

Gyeonggi Province received the Presidential Award, while three institutions including Dongducheon City, Yeongwol County, and Chungyang County received the Prime Minister's Award. Nine institutions including Pyeongtaek and Ansan cities received the Minister of Interior and Safety Award.

The city has been implementing various considerate measures for citizens, including a dedicated window for socially disadvantaged groups, a civil services center open during night hours, and application forms in four languages for family relationship registration for multicultural families. The city has also created rest areas including a small garden and a health corner.

Pyeongtaek City Mayor Jung Jang-sun said, "Under the city government's goal of creating an open city through communication and a new Pyeongtaek centered on citizens, we have made efforts to develop a civil services center for the public," and added, "Going forward, we will create a citizen-centered civil services center through empathetic emotional service."

Meanwhile, the city was selected as an outstanding institution in the comprehensive evaluation of civil services administration conducted by the Ministry of Interior and Safety for two consecutive years in 2017 and 2018.