1. Three Million Dollars Earned For Mowing The Lawn

Grass mowedgolf courses will be turned into compost.

On August 7, the Ministry of Environment revised the regulations of the waste material administration law letting grass clippingsgolf courses to be reused.

Grass clippingsgolf courses were once classified as workplace waste materials, of which disposal was costly.

Last September, golf course CEOs in Gyeonggi had an informal gathering to request permission to recycle grass clippings. Gyeonggi province has reflected on this proposal in its recommendation to the Ministry of Environmentfinally revised the relevant regulations.

Now each golf course would be able to save between $5,600 dollars to $12,000 dollars each year.

This will probably reduce waste disposal expenses$1.2 million dollars locally$3 million dollars nationally each year.

2. Home-coordination, A Blue Ocean Employment Strategy for Women

Women have gathered seeking a new start as ‘Home-coordinators.`

‘Home-coordination’a new profession providing information to make bedrooms more pleasant to sleep in,arranging bedroom furnitureaccessories.

Gyeonggi has opened the ‘Home-coordination’ training courseed about 70 unemployed women within the province to take the course.

Participants will receive Job trainingpractice onsite for three months.

After a course of study, a certificateissuedtrainees are able to seek work with bedclothesbedroom supply companies such as ‘Evezary.’

Gyeonggi’s support policy, which gave rise to a blue ocean strategy for the employment of women,being favorably commentedmany unemployed womenrelated industries.

3. Pleasant Learning with IPTV Study Rooms

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Large screen displays various educational content. Children are enthusiastic about whatdiscussed in class.

Gyeonggi’s IPTV study rooms had their opening ceremonybegan their model operation.

15 IPTV study rooms were recently established in local child centers in Suwon, Goyang, Seongnam,Ansan.

IPTV study rooms offer multimedia education content for children of families in the low income bracket. Thisexpected to solve the problems of education lag.

Last June, Gyeonggi province, the Korea Digital Media Industry Association,KT agreed on an IPTV study room support business agreement.

Gyeonggi will decide whether to expand IPTV study rooms to other local child centers according to this model service.

4. Smart games, Getting Closer

The 2009 Gyeonggi Serious Game Festival Organizing Committee has been established.

From September 25th to the 27th, the Gyeonggi Serious Game Festival, under the slogan of “Smart game, constructive game, enjoyed in Gyeonggi!,” will organize various tryout events that people ofages can participate in.

A serious gamea game designed for primary purposes, such as education, health care, defense, environment,politicsutilizing educational factors in the game.

The serious game industry, mainly revolving around the United States,estimated to grow seven times in the next five years. In Korea, serious games are a next generation core industry estimated to grow$400 million dollars in five years.

Through this festival, Gyeonggi will develop a new business modelsupport the distribution of serious games.

5. Career Camp Fully Prepares for Job Openings

Gyeonggi province arranged a three day career camp for people looking to get a job.

Thisthe site of the 3 day 2 night career camp.
In order to increase the employment rate, Gyeonggi has arranged the camp on the 20th targeting 100 job seekers who are members of the Gyeonggi job placement portal site,“intoin.”

Career camp starts at 8am, firstdetermining career paths, then through resume writingself-introductions. Lastly, it ends with a crash course in leadership.

On the second day, trainees learn about the career portal sitethe recent trends in job openings.

There was a quiz tournament asking questions about employment.

Trainees were also taught how to convey a good image to recruitershow to deal with difficult interview questions.

On the last day of the camp, trainees had a simulating job interview. Actual corporate recruiters rated the trainees,the interview included presentations, discussions,English interviews.

Gyeonggi also hoped this camp offering specialized career programsexperiences would help job seekers’ secure employment.

6. Gyeonggi-grown grapes won international recognition

Here at the Grape Export Council, situated in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, grapes raised under the burning sunsummer long are now wrapped up for delivery.

Gyeonggi has exported 173 tons of grapes last yearis planning on exporting over 300 tons this year.

More than half of the exported grapes were raised in Hwaseong.

One of the biggest traits of Gyeonggi grapes are their quality. They undergo tests for pests180 thorough pesticide residue inspections.

So far, the countries exporting Gyeonggi grapes include the US, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam,Hongkong.

After September, when exports expands completely, Gyeonggi will start overseas promotion to advertise Gyeonggi grapes.

Grape exports may be key to the sales of Gyeonggi’s agricultural products worldwidein solving the financial insecurity of farms.

7. Faster 119 Service in Gyeonggi

As soon as the phone rings, a real image moves swiftly to the reported address.

The caller`s location could be detected in the least amount of time based on air photo data.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters started the 119 automatic reporter tracking tem last month, utilizing air photos for the first time in Korea.

With the existing tem it takes longer to find the addresslocation following an abstract image. However, this new automatic tracking tem uses a real picture to search, making the reporter’s location easier to track.

Consequently, 35 fire stations in Gyeonggi are now able to handle emergency situations swiftlypay full attention to the safety of its residents.