Enlarged plenary meeting of cabinet held
Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- An enlarged plenary meeting of the DPRK Cabinet was recently held. The meeting reviewed last year's performance of the plan of the national economy and discussed measures to implement the militant tasks set forth in the Joint New Year Editorial. It was attended by cabinet Premier Hong Song Nam and the members of the cabinet.Leading officials of power organs and economic institutions and officials of leading factories and enterprises in Pyongyang and localities attended the meeting as observers.
A report was made by Pak Nam Gi, chairman of the State Planning Commission, which was followed by speeches of ministers of power and coal industries, railways, light industry, and agriculture, the president of the academy of sciences, managers of the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex and the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex and the chairman of the Anju City People's Committee of South Phyongan Province.
The meeting discussed specific tasks to fully implement the Juche-oriented idea and line of attaching great importance to the military affairs in political, economic and cultural fields so as to bring about a great victory this year, which marks the 55th anniversary of the DPRK, with the might of the army-based policy.
The meeting underscored the need to regard the military affairs as the most important state affair and direct primary efforts to the national defence industry while implementing the Workers' Party of Korea's policy to put all the people under arms and turn the whole country into a fortress.
The meeting also elaborated on the tasks to be carried out in different domains of the national economy including power, coal and metal industries and railway transport, key links in the efforts to boost the country's economy, to effect fresh innovations in those fields.
