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Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium Opens

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 6 (KCNA) -- Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium opened. It was built on the bank of the River Potong thanks to the benevolent care of leader Kim Jong Il and the patriotic devotion of Jong Ju Yong and Jong Mong Hon, south Korean pioneers of non-governmental economic cooperation between the north and south, and the side of Hyundai.
    The over 12,000-seater stadium has a main indoor stadium available for basketball and other sports games and colourful cultural functions and open-air sporting grounds.
    An opening ceremony was held with splendour on the spot today.
    Present there were Kwak Pom Gi, vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, and others.
    Members of the south side's group led by Kim Yun Gyu, president of Hyundai Asan of south Korea, were on hand.
    Kim Yun Gyu said in a congratulatory speech that the stadium has been built according to the promise made by Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il and Honorary Chairman Jong Ju Yong to build a stadium at a good site of Pyongyang so as to hold joint various sports games and functions of the north and south.
    Kim Jong Il had the stadium named after Jong Ju Yong who devoted himself to reconciliation and cooperation between the south and north, he said, and added:
    All the staff members of Hyundai Asan will more greatly contribute to the work for the nation, breaking through setbacks and adversity with the encouragement and support of the fellow countrymen in the south and north.
    Jo Ui Suk, vice-chairman of the Korean Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission, in his congratulatory speech paid tribute to Jong Ju Yong who took a patriotic initiative to build a sports facility in Pyongyang and energetically pushed forward it and Jong Mong Hon who spared no effort to complete its construction true to the intention of his deceased father.
    Kim Jong Il received Jong Ju Yong several times, highly regarding him for his patriotic will and efforts for the common prosperity of the nation, and highly praised him as a pioneer of economic cooperation between the north and south while granting special favor to the Hyundai side in economic cooperation, he noted, and continued:
    The feats performed by Jong Ju Yong and Jong Mong Hon for the nation would always be remembered together with the stadium.
    Leading members and officials concerned of the north and the south had a photo session.
    A joint congratulatory performance was given by artistes of the north and the south at the stadium today.