Gwangju's Seochang-dong Listed as Sechang-dong... Ministry Makes Multiple Typos in Preliminary Feasibility Exemption Application for 'Honam Semiconductor Cluster'
Opposition lawmaker Kim Doeup points out the error
Key site’s name written incorrectly
Seochang-dong listed as Sechang-dong
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s application for an exemption from a preliminary feasibility study for the “Integrated Fiscal Support Project for Developing a Semiconductor Cluster in the Southwestern Region,” a project with a total cost of 6 trillion won, contained typos, it emerged. Major details, including specific project goals, were also inadequate, and the name of a key site was written incorrectly, drawing criticism that the project was being pushed ahead hastily.
According to the office of Kim Doeup, a People Power Party lawmaker on the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee, the ministry’s application for the exemption listed the key site as “Sechang-dong” instead of “Seochang-dong” in Seo-gu, Gwangju. In the budget requirements section, it wrote “Support Committee’s” instead of “Support Committee.” It also misspelled “project implementation plan.”
Critics say the ministry made mistakes throughout the document because it was prepared hastily, despite the project’s cost of 6 trillion won. The southwestern-region semiconductor cluster project is one of three major megaprojects, with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix set to lead the companies moving into the cluster.
At a parliamentary audit held on October 6, Kim criticized the project for failing to provide sufficient details on its specific cost breakdown, preliminary studies, or consultations with relevant agencies and companies during the planning process.
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Kim said, "Six trillion won in taxpayers’ money is at stake, yet the specific uses of the funds are unclear, and the project lacks sufficient detail to meet legal requirements. There is a serious risk that the burden of wasted budget and inefficient fiscal management will ultimately fall on the public, so I propose requesting an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection."
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