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Namhae’s `No Smoke Village’ Campaign Went Abroad

[Yonhapnews 2006.11.01 (Wed)]
Governor Yongje-Ha’s presentation in the `2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities’ was well received
Namhae-gun participated in the `2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities’ and presented the ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign which was received favorably.

Governor Yongje-Ha made a presentation of the campaign and Dr. Donghee han, a director of Research of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly promoted the 2007 Namhae Active Ageing Conference in Asia Pacific to be held in Namhae next year.

And Eunju-Cho, a professor of Kosin university presented her research on stress surveyed among the officials in Namhae-gun.

Especially, ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign drew high interest and evaluation as it distinguished itself from those of the other healthy cities.

Besides, Namhae raised its international stance by promoting its ‘Visiting Hangul Education’ and ‘Garlic Festival’. 17 national healthy cities including Namhae participated in this conference with 40 international healthy cities in West Pacific region to promote their healthy campaign and share academic exchange.

Namhae joined the international healthy cities approved by WHO in July, 2005. Namhae-gun has been promoting its ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign in 10 villages since January, this year.