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Floral baskets laid before statues of President Kim Il Sung

KCNA

    Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) -- People in all parts of the country and servicemen of the Korean People's Army laid floral baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his demise. Working people from all walks of life, servicemen of the KPA, school youth and children here visited the statue of the president on Mansu Hill.
    Seen standing before the statue was a floral basket sent by leader Kim Jong Il.
    Amid the playing of a floral basket-laying music floral baskets, bouquets and flowers in the name of the party, military and power organs, social organizations, ministries and national institutions and various other organizations, units of the KPA, industrial establishments, farms and schools were placed before the statue.
    Also laid before his statues at Kim Il Sung University, Kim Il Sung Military University, the Ministry of People's Security, the Korean Film Studio, the Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace and other places of Pyongyang were floral baskets, bouquets and flowers.
    Working people, servicemen of the KPA and school youth and children placed floral baskets, bouquets and flowers before the statues of the president standing in their areas and paid homage to him.
    The diplomatic corps here, Jo Il Min, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea and its staff members and overseas compatriots placed floral baskets before the statue of the president on Mansu Hill today and paid tribute to him.
    A floral basket was also laid before his statue in Chongjin by staff members of the Chinese consulate general there and bouquets by staff members of the Russian consulate general there.
    Meanwhile, the family of Zhang Weihua, who was related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, sent a floral basket to be placed before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill and Chinese residents here also laid floral baskets there on July 7.