Gyeonggi Province Chairman Yeom Jong-hyun attends the opening ceremony of the Gyeonggi Province Sports Festival for the Disabled

[수원=뉴스핌] Reporter Park Seung-bong = Gyeonggi Provincial Council Chairman Yeom Jong-hyeon announced on the 26th that he attended the ’14th Gyeonggi-do Sports Competition for the Disabled Opening Ceremony’ held at Imjingak Peace Nuri in Paju on the 25th.

Attending this event were Provincial Council Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee Chairman Lee Young-bong (The Minjoo City, Uijeongbu 2), Women, Family and Lifelong Education Committee Chairman Kim Jae-gyun (The Minjoo City, Pyeongtaek 2), Kim Seong-soo (The Minjoo City, Anyang 1), and Yoo Jong-sang (The Minjoo City, Gwangmyeong 3). · Representatives Choong-sik Yoon (People Power, Pocheon 1), Cheol-jin Kim (Minjoo, Ansan 7), Hankuk Lee (People Power, Paju 4), Seung-yong Choi (People Power, proportional), Jae-young Yoon (People Power, Yongin 10) , Gyeonggi-do Sports Association for the Disabled Vice President Lee Seung-woo, Gyeonggi-do 1st Administrative Governor Oh Byeong-kwon, Paju Mayor Kim Gyeong-il, heads of city and county organizations in the Gyeonggi region, and athletes, and about 2,000 people attended.

In his congratulatory speech, Chairman Yeom said, “There were twists and turns before the disabled sports competition was held in Paju City, including the cancellation of the competition scheduled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” “I think it was an excellent foundation that led to a successful event,” he said.

He continued, “This competition will be a stage to properly inform the 14 million Gyeonggi residents of Paju City’s status and capabilities,” and added, “Like the slogan of this competition, ‘Beautiful challenge, Paju full of emotion, unifying game,’ your challenge will move Paju City.” “I hope that this will become an opportunity for harmony that unites Gyeonggi-do,” he said.

Meanwhile, the ’14th Gyeonggi-do Sports Festival for the Disabled’, hosted by the Gyeonggi-do Sports Association for the Disabled and organized by Paju City and the Paju City Sports Association for the Disabled, will be held in Paju City for three days from this day to the 27th.

In this competition, about 2,200 athletes from 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do are scheduled to compete in 17 sports, including gateball, track and field, and rowing.

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