Projects for balanced regional development gear up 상세내용
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Projects for balanced regional development gear up
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2007-02-06 00:00:00
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As part of President Roh Moo-hyuns drive for balanced regional development since the inception of his administration, two local governments, one municipal and one provincial, are poised to put related projects into full gear, while a city near Seoul has set out to build a Chinatown.
Wonju, Gangwon Province, for one, will push for the construction of a knowledge-based business town.
Wonju EnterpriseCity Corp., a special-purpose corporation jointly set up by Lotte Construction, Keangnam Enterprises and Byucksan Construction, tendered its proposal to turn the citys suburbs into a business town, Wonju city officials said on Wednesday (Dec. 13).
The proposal calls for developing an area of 1.62 million pyeong (one pyeong equals about 3.3 square meters) in Sinpyeongni and Gagongni, Jijeong-myeon, which breaks down to 820 thousand pyeong for knowledge-based industries and residences, commercial centers and other business-supportive facilities and the rest for parks, green zones and public facilities.
The Wonju Municipal Government will seek the construction-transportation ministrys approval on this proposal on Dec. 15. When given a green light, the city will start constructing the envisioned facilities, with the aim to complete them by 2015.
When Kookmin Bank, Nonghyup (the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) and six other financial institutions join in the effort by the end of the month as previously agreed, the project will be driven forward in a full-fledged manner, Wonju officials said.
South from Wonju, North Gyeongsang Province, in an effort to make its residents lives culturally richer and provide more space for cultural artists, plans to expand its cultural establishments.
The Province has decided to spend 23.2 billion won (approximately 25 million) in 2007 on constructing 22 cultural facilities like cultural art centers, libraries, perance halls and museums, the Provinces government said on Wednesday. It added that it plans to steadily increase investment in this field.
The Province will funnel 9.5 billion won into setting up cultural art centers in Gunui and Uljin next year. While aiming to put finishing touches on the planned Cheongsong cultural center by 2009, the city will erect cultural centers in Gyeongju, Andong and Cheongdo under a BTL (build to lease) program.
Gumi, Gyeongsan, Chilgok, Seongju residents will have greater access to reading materials, since more libraries will be built there at a cost of 4.1 billion won, with their completion slated for next year. Other types of cultural facilities such as stages for madangnori, Koreas traditional courtyard music and dance perance, will be put up in Yeongju as well as multipurpose stages in Pohang.
In a bid to help the residents keep up with the times, the province will spend 4 billion won on establishing a multimedia center in Andong. The opening of the Andong Traditional Cultural Contents Museum is scheduled for next July.
The province intends to enrich regional residents lives by steadily expanding small-scale cultural facilities in non-city regions, Lee Jae-dong, the provincial governments culture, sports and tourism department chief, stressed.
Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, will resume an almost-scrapped Chinatown-construction project.
Seoul Chinatown Development Co., the contractor in charge of developing the envisaged Chinatown, has paid off the overdue 35.8 billion won in land purchases, which includes the 2 billion-won interest, pointing to bright prospects for the resumption of the project, the Goyang city officials said on Wednesday.
After bidding for the second time in February 2007 to win rights to erect a town and then securing construction authorization in the first half of next year, Seoul Chinatown Development Co, will finally have a ground breaking.
Kang Jong-chul, director of Prime Construction, the largest stakeholder of the contractor, voiced stern determination to establish a Chinatown comparable with those in major international cities. He expected the project to be completed by 2009.
When Seoul China Development Co. failed to pay off the land costs, the proposed plan came close to being scrapped. Then Prime Construction stepped in and bought the largest share of stakes in the contractor, helping it regain the almost- lost project rights.
The two-phase project calls for building Chinese streets, palaces and gates on an area of 69 thousand square meters near the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Ilsan, Goyang, north of Seoul.
Predicted to be nearly three times as big as the Incheon Chinatown, which spans some 25 thousand square meters, the envisioned Chinatown in Goyang will be equipped with upscale hotels, Chinese traditional gardens, a Korea-China cultural exchange center, a Three Kingdoms cultural center and a memorial tower.
