Bucheon City Start Volume-rate Food Garbage Collection From July

Bucheon City Start Volume-rate Food Garbage Collection From July

Bucheon City started to hold civil information sessions for town residents before the city is supposed to launch a new volume-rate garbage collection system for food waste from this July 1st, 2013. The first civil information session was held at Sang-2-dong Resident Community Center on last March 14, 2013. Sang-2-dong was chosen as the pilot town for this new garbage collection system, . The session was led by instructors who have been trained specialized in recycling by the city and Bucheon Sustainable Development Committee. The recycling instructors will lead the sessions for thirty six towns.

Objectives for this session was to share information about new food garbage collection system and to hear opinions from residents. At the session, the instructors explained objective of volume-rate garbage collection, methods for food garbage bags and RFID tags, and reduction methods for food garbage.

Bucheon City has selected plastic bag method for this new volume-rate food garbage collection system. Citizens have to buy plastic bags for food garbage collection at authorized stores in Bucheon City. Citizens who live in single houses, apartments and small restaurants(its size is smaller than 200 square meters) can fill the standard plastic bag with food garbage, and dump it into collection bins.

Head of Cleaning Department in Bucheon City Hall, Hanmoon Lee, said "The city and my department will do the best to launch this new volume-rate food garbage collection system successfully, through promoting new system, listening opinions from residents and monitoring launching processes." at last civil information session.

For more information about new food garbage collection system, contact and ask Team of Food Garbage and Resources via a phone +82-32-625-3201 or twitter @cleanbc.

<photo 1: A recycling instructor explains new garbage collection system for food waste to residents attending the civil information session at Sang-2-dong Resident Community Center, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City on March 14, 2013. The new food garbage collection is supposed to start from July 1, 2013. From July 1 on, citizens in Bucheon City have to buy a standard plastic bag in order to dump food garbage.>

Mayor of Bucheon City Become a Civil Counselor Today

Mayor of Bucheon City Become a Civil Counselor Today

The mayor of Bucheon City has communicated citizens with twitter messages and Post-it memos. He became a civil counselor on March 25, 2013. He met a citizen, Changyoung Han in person and heard his civil complaints by a event of "Mayor's Civil Counselling Day". The event was prepared for gathering all citizen's opinions and raising trust and quality about civil services of Bucheon City.

Chanyoung Han living in Jung-3-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City, suggested "I'm used to go to cycling road by Gyeongin Ara Waterway on my bicycle through Gulpo Waterway. A part of cycling route by Gulpo Waterway is unpaved and wrecked. It will be better if the cycling route by Gulpo Waterway could be fixed." 

The mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim replied "I will fix the unpaved part, 240 meters long and 3 meters wide, of cycling route by Gulpo Waterway this April. And I will install security lamps along the cycling route. Bucheon City Hall will talk with Incheon City Hall to fix parts of cycling route in charge of Incheon City."

The mayor also will make a budget on April and fix the playground for seniors in Bucheon Central Park, responding to other complaint that there's no place for senior citizens to play Chinese chess or games of go if it rains to flood the playground at Bucheon Central Park.

<photo 1: The mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim, second from right side, explains the plan to fix cycling route by Gulpo Waterway with his blueprint, last March 25, 2013. He acted as a civil counselor by a event of "Mayor's Civil Counselling Day".>

Bucheon Community Center Hold Event of "Would You Call My Name?"

Bucheon Community Center Hold Event of "Would You Call My Name?"

Sang-dong Resident Community Center in Bucheon City, South Korea, held a special event for senior citizens last March 25, 2013. At the event, the town chief and colleagues of Sang-dong, a town in Bucheon City, put name tags on three hundred senior's chests, and called their names. It's just like the famous Korean poem "Flower" written by Chunsoo Kim. Here is a part of the poem; "When I call his name, he finally comes to me and becomes a flower."

Don't you think we have been unfamiliar with calling each other's given name? We're used to call just family names with home towns. Calling his or her full name will be helpful to make each other closer. 

"I'm not happy when I'm called Ms. Ju, Madam Ju or Grandma Ju. I'm happy that you call my full name, Jeonghwa Ju." said Jeonghwa Ju, 73 years old, with full smile on her face, at Sang-dong Senior Community Center, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City.

The front of the name tag shows the title, "Please Call My Name", the name of senior community center and owner's name.  Information about senior welfare such as basic senior pension, long life benefits and phone numbers about Sang-dong government offices are written at the rear face of the tags.

<photo 1: The town chief of Sang-dong, Jonggu Park, puts the name tag on a grandma named Jaehee Han at Sang-dong Senior Community Center, Bucheon City, South Korea, on March 25, 2013.>

Mayor of Bucheon City Become One-day Town Chief

Mayor of Bucheon City Become One-day Town Chief

The Mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim, became the one-day town chief of Yeokgok-3-dong, a town of Bucheon City, last Thursday March 21, 2013. He walked around the town, heard from residents living in the town, and had meals at the restaurants inside the town in order to hear what the citizens want in person.

• "I can't sleep well because the streetlight is too bright."
• "Would you make a pedestrian overpass for students going Yangji Elementary School?"
• "Please repair the wrecked ground of Hanrim Park for us."
• "What about replacing current manholes in Yeokgok Eastern Market with bigger ones? We've suffered floods repeatedly during rainy season."

Today is the age of communication. The Mayor of Bucheon City started listening to citizens' opinions and trying to find answers on the fields. He answered requests from residents around the town of Yeokgok-3-dong.

• "I will rebuild restrooms in Hanrim Park, considering the concept of public design."
• "And especially I will do something more for the elder and children."
• "The repair works are supposed to start from May, 2013, in order to replace old boiler pipelines with new ones in local Senior Citizen Community Centers."

The Mayor Kim explained the plan to solve citizen's requests with the blueprints directly on the fields of citizens.

Some citizens living in Yeokgok-3-dong walked together with the Mayor Kim through Yeokgok-3-dong Resident Center, the intersection in front of Yangji Elementary School, Hanrim Park, Yeokgok Eastern Market, Yeokgok Food Passage, and Yeokgok Southern Market.

Whenever he met citizens along the streets, the Mayor Kim also didn't forget to promoting Bucheon Football Club, saying "Come to Bucheon Stadium this weekend, and enjoy the first home game of Bucheon Football Club 1995 this season, and cheer up Bucheon FC."

The Mayor Kim will continue to play the role of 'Becoming a One-day Town Chief'; Simgokbon-dong in Sosa-gu, Bucheon City on next Thursday March 28, Dodang-dong in Wonmi-gu on April 4, Simgok-1-dong in Wonmi-gu on April 18, and Wonjong-dong in Ojeong-gu on April 25, 2013.

If you are willing to participate the event, call Team of Field Conversation, Department of Participation & Communication, +82-32-625-2345 or ask the twitter @bc_communi.

<photo 1: The Mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim, explains rebuilding project of the restrooms in Hanrim Park with the design and blueprint during the event of 'Becoming a One-day Town Chief' at Hanrim Park, Bucheon City, South Korea, March 21, 2013.> 

Bucheon Ojeong-gu Runs Forest Tracking Program with Tree Experts

Bucheon Ojeong-gu Runs Forest Tracking Program with Tree Experts

Tracking around the mountains which is turning green makes us feel better. Walking along the Bucheon 'Dulaegil'(a tracking course abound and by Bucheon City) makes us feel healthy. How much better do we feel if we can hear interesting things about trees and woods from tree experts while tracking?

Bucheon Ojeong-gu, a district of Bucheon City, announced to run 'Forest Tracking Program with Tree Experts' walking along the mountains hearing interesting knowledge about forest and trees together with their families from April 7 to the end of November, 2013.

Every family with more than two members can take part in the program which will be held around close mountains near the village from 10 to 12 AM every Sunday for two hours. The participants can keep a close watch and play with insects and leaves, while hearing from experts who are specialized in natural environment and ecology. 

During April and May, the theme of the program is 'Spring'. They are preparing the programs such as searching spring wild vegetables and making a pipe with grass. The program will be held on both two courses; Jakdong course on first and third Sunday and Dodang course on second and fourth Sunday. 

The Jakdong course starts from turn-around point of Jakdong 017 village bus, passes by Jangsucheon Mineral Water Spring, Jangan Temple, and Yeongjeongcheon Mineral Water Spring, and goes back to the starting point. It's about 1.8 kilometers long.

The Dodang course goes through Dodang Park(a fountain), Bucheon Regional History Museum and Mt. Dodang, and comes back to the fountain. It's 1.7 kilometers long.

If you want to join the program, make a phone call to the Department for Environment And Sanitation, +82-32-625-7411~3, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon City, or ask at twitter @bc_ojeonghd.

<photo 1: The anticipants of 'Tracking Program with Tree Experts' watch and take a photo of a special grass while a tree expert explains the grass and woods and trees last year 2012, in the woods inside Ojeong-gu, Bucheon City.>

Simgok-2-dong, a town of Bucheon City, Recruit City Farmers

Simgok-2-dong, a town of Bucheon City, Recruit City Farmers

What if we could pick off and eat fresh green peppers and cherry tomatoes on the roof garden? What if it's because we could raise these organic vegetables without chemicals? Simgok-2-dong Resident Community Center, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City is located at the center of Bucheon City. But if you go up to the roof of this building, you can see a wonderful kitchen garden. It is a killing two birds with one stone, getting vegetables and sharing places to communicate between residents.

Simgok-2-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City made a kitchen garden, 1,157 square meters in size and eco-friendly, on the roof of the community center as a project of 'Better Village' program last year 2012. The community center recruited about twenty volunteer city farmers to raise veggies and communicate each other and share the veggies with neighbors.

The volunteers harvested about 300 kilograms of sweet potatoes last October, 2012. The volunteers, residents and the mayor enjoyed steamed sweet potatoes with kimchi and shared delights of harvest. They donated the rest of sweet potatoes to Wonmi Senior Welfare Center in order to treat the elders.

Simgok-2-dong Resident Community Committee recruited new volunteers for the kitchen garden on the roof until March 15, 2013. They also will open a class for city farmers.

Residents who live in Simgok-2-dong and have interest in city farming can apply the city farmers. The applicants have to attend classes two hours a week. For more information, access the web site of Simgok-2-dong, http://simgok2.bucheon.go.kr or contact a phone +82-32-625-5621 or twitter @bcsimgok2dong.

<photo 1: City farmers harvest cherry tomatoes at a green house located on the top of Simgok-2-dong Resident Center, Bucheon City, South Korea, on July, 2012 last year.>

Bucheon City Host Event of "Getting My Own Tree 2013"

Bucheon City Host Event of "Getting My Own Tree 2013"

Chinese and Korean version of this news by my mom and sina.com

Bucheon City will be supposed to host the event of "Getting My Own Tree 2013" that citizens will plant 1,200 of trees such as sun trees in order to make Bucheon City green more on March 30, 2013, around Mt. Bumbak, Bucheon City, South Korea.

At this event, Bucheon citizens can plant their own trees, celebrating and commemorating their wedding anniversary, birthdays, special days for their family, and the founding day of companies and any anniversaries of organizations.

Here are messages which were sent from citizens on 67th Korea Arbor Day last year.

• "We wish green trees could grow up strong and happy under high sky." from Mom and Dad of Minjun.
• "Celebrating the 10th anniversary of our son's wedding, let's be a wise man." from Suduk Ha.
• "Today is the day of my son Woojin. The tree will grow up with my son, five-year-old Woojin." from Mom and Dad of Woojin Park.
• "Commemorating the 17th anniversary of the founding, I hope big jump for Haedong." from Haedong Industries Co., Ltd.
• "Celebrating the 20th anniversary of our wedding, we pray for our happy days coming." from a couple, Seungho Lee and Huiju Lee.
• "Our love will last for one hundred and two years." from lovers, Sangseob Park and Sukkyung Kim.
• "Praying for hopeful future of our new born grandchildren." from grandparents of Hyunseok, Eunju and Seojun.

The city will offer tools for planting, and whoever has no skills about planting can be taught by the plant instructors at the event.

The citizens who want to sign up this event have to apply to call Forest Environment Conservation Team, Bucheon City Hall, a phone +82-32-625-3502, or access the web site of Bucheon City Hall, http://www.bucheon.go.kr, till March 25, 2013.

<photo 1: A family, a dad, a son and a daughter, is planting their own tree with shovels during the event of "Getting My Own Tree 2012" around Mt. Bumbak, Bucheon City, South Korea.>

Bucheon City host 13th Azalea Flower Festival at Mt. Wonmi on April 12th

Bucheon City host 13th Azalea Flower Festival at Mt. Wonmi on April 12th

Bucheon City announced that the Azalea Flower Festival Committee are hosting the 13th Azalea Flower Festival at Mt. Wonmi, Bucheon City, South Korea on next month April 12 to 14, 2013. The period of the festival can be changeable according to the time when the azalea flowers are in full blossom.

The committee is holding the family photo contest, celebrating the flower festival. Everyone can apply the contest regardless of the place where you live. When you apply the contest, you have to submit the photo and its title that has been taken with your family, lovers and friends in front of azalea flowers.

All the photos will be exhibited at the main event spot during the festival and the applicants who submit the best photos will win prizes after evaluating photos. Last year thirty one citizens took part in the contest.

Anyone who wants to join the contest should sign up the application until 6 pm, April 5, 2012. The applicant can download a blank application sheet from the web site of Chunui Resident Community Center, http://chunui.bucheonsi.go.kr. The applicant can submit the application sheet and the photo to Chunui Resident Community Center in person, by mail, or via e-mail(whitemin@korea.kr).

Pay attention to the regulations about the photo. The rule # 1 is the size of photo, bigger than 2,200 x 1,500 pixels and more than 1.0 megabytes, and in JPG format. The #2 rule is to have azalea flowers in the photo. The #3 is to have more than two persons in the photo. The photo out of the regulations can be rejected to apply and can be excluded to be candidates of prizes.

The committee for the flower festival is planning to give all eleven prizes and gift cards worth total $650 including one gold prize with a $200 worth gift card and two silver prizes with a $100 worth gift card each.

And the committee for the flower festival is also receiving the application for the singing contest. The attenders will be enrolled up to 80 persons on a first-come-first-served basis. The final singing contest will be held on April 14, 2013 after qualifying all the attenders to around 15 finals. If you want to attend the singing contest, call +82-32-625-5764.

<photo 1: The stone on which very famous poem, 'Azalea Flower' by Soweol Kim, is written stands surrounded by azalea trees which are in full blossom at the Azalea Flower Park, Bucheon City, South Korea.>

Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon City

Smoke-free Taxies in Bucheon City

Chinese or Korean version of this news by my Mom and powered by Sina.com

Citizens and visitors to Bucheon can take a 'Smoke-Free Taxi ' in Bucheon City from now on. There are about three thousand taxies in Bucheon City. Bucheon taxies raise the flag saying "No Smoking" high and protect passengers and taxi drivers from passive smoking to prevent hazards caused by smoking and passive smoking.

Bucheon City made an agreement with eight taxi companies in Bucheon to cooperate the program of "Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon" which bans smoking inside all taxies in Bucheon eventually to make taxi drivers and passengers healthier, on 11 AM, March 8th, 2013, at Creative Hall, Bucheon City Hall, Bucheon City, South Korea. 

Taxi drivers are highly vulnerable to get sick because their long-time driving, lack of workout, and stress from touch traffic can easily lead them to drinking and smoking. So Wonmi Community Heath Center will visit taxi companies regularly and give check-ups for taxi drivers with a vehicle for health check-up services. And the health center will run a "Quit Smoking" program for taxi drivers to provide supplements and treatment to help them quit smoking. Wonmi Whole-Life Health Care Center in Wonmi Community Health Center will offer treatment and precaution of chronic disease and health education for taxi drivers.

For more information about this 'Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon' program and check-ups for taxi drivers, contact Check-up Team, Health Improvement Department, Bucheon Wonmi Community Health Center, a phone +82-32-625-4240, twitter @bucheonhealth2 and @bucheon_health.

<photo 1: A taxi painted a public service announcement saying "Say 'No Smoking' if you don't want passive smoking." on its side face, March 8, 2013, Bucheon City, South Korea. Bucheon City made the agreement of "Smoke-Free Taxi in Bucheon" with 8 taxi companies in Bucheon, which run about 3,000 taxies in the city, in order to protect passengers and taxi drivers from hazards caused by passive smoking.>

Do You Know Two Lee's Troubleshooters in Bucheon City?

Do You Know Two Lee's Troubleshooters in Bucheon City?

If somebody has a trouble at Simgok-1-dong, Bucheon City, definitely there comes Lee, the village foreman. There are two village foremen with the same family name of Lee who solve the problems when someone needs help at Simgok-1-dong, Bucheon City, South Korea. Here are Mr. Cheonbae Lee, the village foreman of 8th village, and Mr. Hyun Lee, the village foreman of 11th village in Simgok-1-dong.

The two Lee's village foremen showed up with their tool boxes and parts after receiving a phone call from Jinmal Center for Senior Citizen on March 6, 2013. They drove nails for a wall-hanging into the wall and fixed the entrance door. And also they made a new door for the warehouse. After that, they went up to the rooftop and unblocked the drain to prepare for the heavy rainfall. They spent a half of the day to do those things.

The two Lee's village foremen have volunteered not only for Senior Community Center but also for other neighbors such as senior citizens who live along, low-income and multi-cultural families for several years.

Who are they? Mr. Cheonbae Lee runs a big restaurant selling fried chickens at Yeongdeungpo, Seoul and has a business about construction. Mr. Hyun Lee is doing a interior business for a living in Bucheon City. It's a perfect job for them to repair facilities of Senior Community Center.

They turned to know that there's so many neighbors in trouble when they worked as a village foreman. Some people have their sons and daughters helpless and don't have any help from governments. They found out lots of people are in blind spot of social welfare system.

Eventually they, the two Lee's village foremen, started to help other people in that blind spot, spending their money to buy rice and side dishes for people in trouble, and responding the calls for their help.

<photo 1: Two Lee's village foremen, Mr. Cheonbae Lee and Mr. Hyun Lee, are fixing a door at Jinmal Senior Community Center, Bucheon City, South Korea. They refused to be taken a photo on their faces. They want to be remain silent and faceless volunteers. Bucheon City is so proud of them. Thank you, Lee's!>

Bucheon City Recruit Teen Volunteers for Dulaegil(the tracking course) around Mt. Seongju

Bucheon City Recruit Teen Volunteers for Dulaegil(the tracking course) around Mt. Seongju

Bucheon City announced to recruit new teen volunteers for Dulaegil, the tracking course, around Mt. Seongju, a mountain in Bucheon City, South Korea, on March 8, 2013.

Bucheon Dulaegil has four courses, surrounding Bucheon City, 42.195 kilometers long, where citizens can enjoy to track along the courses to improve their health. The second course is around Seongjusan(Mt. Seongju) of which Songnae-1-dong is in charge.

Any student who goes to any elementary, middle, and high school in Bucheon City can apply to the teen volunteer for Dulaegil until March 13, 2013. The chosen members will walk around the course of Seonjusan 10 am to 12 pm, every second Saturday, collect wastes, and plant flowers and little trees on the track.

The teenagers who are the volunteers for Dulaegil can save the official volunteer hours and can win a prize for the excellent volunteer. Last year the first year's members of Dulaegil volunteers cleaned the tracking course four times a month regularly and planted 1,500 flowers on the course.

If you want to know more about the volunteer for Dulaegil, contact Resident Center for Songnae-1-dong, telephone +82-31-625-6776, twitter @bc_songnae1. Teen Volunteers' Team for Dulaegil around Mt. Seongju is supposed to start their official mission at Sangol Child Park, on March 16, 2013.

<photo 1: The teen volunteers for Dulaegil around Mt. Seongju are cleaning the tracking course, summer 2012. Some get rid of weeds. Others pick up the garbage along the tracking path. Resident Center for Songnae-1-dong, a small town in Bucheon City, are recruiting new teen volunteers until March 13, 2013.>

Bucheon Citizen Vote for The Book of The Year

Bucheon Citizen Vote for The Book of The Year

Bucheon City Library announced to get a recommendation for book candidates of the year from Bucheon citizens until March 11th, 2013.
The library will select each a book of the year in 4 categories of books which are books for children, for teenagers, for adults, and cartoons, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of becoming a city of Bucheon.

Every citizen can recommend book candidates of the year through visiting a recent library in Bucheon City or accessing the bulletin board in the website of Bucheon Library, http://www.bcl.go.kr. The Selecting Committee for The Book of The Year will review the recommendations from citizens to narrow down the candidates and finally select the books of the year through citizens' voting and second reviewing of the committee.

The library made a plan to promote the books of the year, such as hosting the writer's speech, the book concerts, and discussion events about the books. Also the library will distribute the books to all over the libraries and city offices in Bucheon City.

This is the 6th event, selecting the books of the year. The books of Year 2012 were 'The Youth, Because You're Hurt' written by Nando Kim, a professor from Seoul National University, 'Stroll Woods of Literature' by the late professor Younghee Jang from Seokang University, and 'A No Whispering Zone" by a writer Sunhee Kim. Last year 8,689 citizens took part in the selection event and recommended 7,071 books for the books of the year.

<photo 1: A mother with her little girl surrounding people reveiws a book which was selected as the Book of Year 2012 to buy it at the book event which was held by Bucheon City Library on March, 2012, Bucheon City, South Korea.>

[Trip] Jonny’s Family Go to Mr. Juwang in Cheongsong County(a south-eastern county in South Korea)

[Trip] Jonny’s Family Go to Mr. Juwang in Cheongsong County(a south-eastern county in South Korea)

March 1st is Korean national holiday, the Independence Movement Day in Korea. We’ve got a three-day holiday. My dad made a plan to trip to Cheongsong County, a south-eastern county in South Korea and visit my grandma’s place during the holidays. It’s been a long time to travel a domestic site since last year, 2012.

Cheongsong is famous for Juwangsan National Park(a mountain), Jusanji(a artificial lake on a mountain) and apples. We had a good time in Cheongsong County. Followings are the photos I’ve taken there. We dropped by Jusanji the first day in Cheongsong County and had a short tracking on Juwangsan next morning.

  <photo 1: The guest house where my family stayed is located near Juwangsan National Park, Cheongsong County, South Korea. The guest room has one bedroom, a small kitchen and a rest room. The fare was 70 thousand won(KRW) per a night, per 2 persons. They charge additional 10 thousand won per an additional person. The room was clean, cozy and warm. The outer of the house are covered with wooden thick plates, looking like a cabin.>

<photo 1-1: It's a snapshot of a TV advertisement which I and my family watch on the TV in the guest room when we went to a guest house near Mt. Juwang, Cheonsong Province, South Korea. It says "Three generation! Guaranteed Quality assurance during One Hundred Years". It made us BIG laugh to death. The bundle of knives costs $39.9 per a set. Do you believe that the quality assurance on that price? What a excessive bluffing thing as much as Chinese people!>

<photo 2: Jusanji(an artificial lake) is a lake which was built 400 years ago during Joseon Dynasty that was a 500-year long and strong Kingdom just before current Korean government in Korean Peninsula. It was for agricultural use. The official says the lake has not dried even though severe drought since built first. The lake shows beautiful sceneries rising fog in the early morning during the seasons of early summer or late autumn, along with long and old trees in the lake. When we went to the lake, the lake was frozen and the trees have no leaf and look lonely. It would have been better if it’s an early summer season. It’s 10 minutes away from my guest house.>

<photo 3: We ordered to have a dinner, a steamed chicken with natural mineral water. It was served by the restaurant which is also running guest houses we’ve stayed. We enjoyed the dishes, and especially soy sauce seasoned wild edible greens tasted fantastic.>

 

     
<photo 4: The First, Second, and Third Falls in Juwangsan(Mt. Juwang) National Park. There are three falls in Mt. Juwang. The mountain is made of strong stones but there’s water streaming all around the year, even during winter season, the driest season in Korea. The running and dropping water has made holes on the rocks for tens of thousands years. The small holes on the rocks have ended up the First, Second, and Third Falls, Juwangsan, Cheonsong County, South Korea.>

<photo 5: The Jangsubong(a peak on Mt. Juwang) seen at the opposite side. The gigantic peaks were made tens of thousands years ago when Korean Peninsula was drowned under the sea. It’s one of the sharpest peaks in mountains in South Korea.>

<photo 6: Bokwangjeon, a building in Daejeonsa(a Buddhist temple) and Jangsubong, a peak on Mt. Juwang, Cheongsong County, South Korea. The Bokwangjeon is the Korean National Treasure #1570. The meaning of ‘Bokwang’ is ‘Spreading lights’. So ‘Bokwangjeon’ means the special building for Buddhists in which the Buddha spreads his lights all around the world. In the building they set up special Buddha’s statues to worship.>

100 Bucheon Teenagers Dream Future of Bucheon in 20 Years

100 Bucheon Teenagers Dream and Discuss Future of Bucheon in 20 Years

“In 2030, I will have my kids. So I wish there’s no entertainment shops for adults nearby schools. And no more private education.” said Hojeong Seo, a student from Somyeong Women’s High School, who lives in Jong-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City, South Korea.

“There would be lots of buildings in Bucheon City, in 2030. Those buildings mean lots of job positions.” said Suwon Seo, a student from Somyeong Women’s High School, who lives in Jong-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City, South Korea.

“I want to be a journalist for politics when I grow up. Bucheon City would be a Mecca of politics.” said Daehyun Chae, a high school student from Jungheung High School, living in Sosabon-3-dong, Sosa-gu, Bucheon City, South Korea.

“I like libraries and cultural spots for teenagers such as Cartoon Center and Bucheon Youth Center in Bucheon City. Bucheon City would build up the largest library in the world in 2030. So it would make Bucheon City famous for the City of Culture much more.” said Choongjae Lee, a high school student from Wonmi High School, living in Dodang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon City, South Korea.

These are images for ‘Close Future of Bucheon’ that teenagers in Bucheon City imagine at ‘100 Teenagers’ Discussion for Bucheon City Master Plan in 2030’ which was held by Bucheon Committee for Long-lasting Development, 10 am to 6 pm, February 26, 2013, at Communication Hall in Bucheon City Hall, Bucheon City, South Korea.

Bucheon City has run ‘Citizen’s Proposal Group’ which citizens participate all the steps from making plans to implementation for the future blueprint of Bucheon City in 20 years, ‘Bucheon City Master Plan in 2030’ together with citizens.

Bucheon City already completed recruiting volunteers for the proposal group last January 18 to 20, 2013. So the city organized the proposal group including all kind of social class such as city-related specialists, residents, councilpersons, and businessmen.

The participants of the conference who are students from middle or high schools and live in Bucheon City will be middle-aged in 20 years. They are the right people who design the future of Bucheon and will live in the future that they dream of.

The city runs ‘The Citizen’s Proposal Group’ to prepare the future of Bucheon City, ‘The Bucheon that Citizens Hope and Enjoy’, not for administrators but from participation of citizens and acceptance of their desires.

Starting the conference by teenagers of the proposal group on February 26, 2013, several conferences will be held in a row; ‘Thinking on Proposals’ at Wonmi-gu Office on March 9, ‘Preparing Proposals’ at Sosa-gu Office on March 16, and ‘Making Proposals’ at Ojeong-gu Office on March 23.

<photo 1: Students who take part in a conference of ‘The Citizen’s Proposal Group’ are hearing suggestions which they want to be achieved in 20 years from their colleagues. Bucheon City hosted the conference as a starting event of the proposal group, February 26, 2013, at the Communication Hall in Bucheon City Hall, Bucheon City, South Korean.>

<photo 2: Several students raise their hands to show they agree on a suggestion which they want to be realized in Bucheon City in 2030. One hundred of students living in Bucheon City and going to middle or high schools talk together about the future of Bucheon City in 20 years at a conference of ‘The Citizen’s Proposal Group’. The city runs the group to hear citizen’s requirements about the future master plan of Bucheon City and accept those and reflect the suggestions and make the future of Bucheon City better with citizens, the owners of the city, in Bucheon City.>