[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Kim Kyung-hee, Mayor of Icheon, held a book publication event on the 15th at Villa d'Amor Convention Hall in Icheon for "When People Want to Stay, Only Then Does a City Grow – Kim Kyung-hee, Rewriting Icheon".
The event was held in grand success with the attendance of key figures including Member of Parliament Song Seok-jun, former Interior and Safety Minister Park Myeong-jae (9th), former Military Manpower Administration Commissioner Kim Young-hoo, Icheon City Council Chairman Park Myeong-seo, and city and provincial council members, along with approximately 1,500 citizens.
Additionally, Member of Parliament Kim Eun-hye (Bundang District, Gyeonggi) and former EU Ambassador to Korea Maria Castillo sent congratulatory messages through video.
Mayor Kim Kyung-hee stated in her remarks, "Over the past three and a half years of the 8th civilian government term, amidst numerous difficulties including rice price collapse, fiscal crisis, and various disasters, we have not stopped making 'choices that place citizens' lives at the center,'" and introduced changes that transformed citizens' daily lives, including attracting a science high school, and improvements in childcare, medical care, agriculture, and urban environment.
She continued, "The change in Icheon is not the achievement of one person but the result created together by both citizens and civil servants," and said, "I will prepare for Icheon's future together with citizens so that Icheon grows into a city where people stay and choose to be."
Meanwhile, 'Kim Kyung-hee, Rewriting Icheon' combines the life of Mayor Kim Kyung-hee, who took his first step into public service in 1973 and has walked the path of a civil servant for over 50 years at central ministries and the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, and the philosophical reflection created together with citizens since taking office as Mayor of Icheon in July 2022, serving as a record of Icheon's transformation process.
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