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Site for Model Factory in Kaesong Industrial Zone Completed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Kaesong, June 30 (KCNA) -- A ceremony for the completion of the site for a model factory in the Kaesong Industrial Zone was held on the spot Wednesday on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of the ground-breaking ceremony of the zone. Present at the ceremony were Choe Yong Gon, vice-minister of Construction and Building Materials Industries who is chairman of the north side to the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation, officials concerned and those concerned with the construction of the zone.
    Present there from the south side were Jo Kon Sik, vice- minister of Unification, Kim Kwang Rim, vice-minister of Finance and Economy who is chairman of the south side to the South-North Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation, and those concerned of the enterprises involved in the development of the zone.
    The participants heard a report on the completion of the site from the south side and speeches made by Kim Jin Ho, president of the Land Company, and Kim Yun Gyu, president of Hyundai Asan.
    They said successful progress of the work to construct the Kaesong Industrial Zone would make it possible to fully demonstrate to the world the south-north economic development and the advantages of the Korean nation.
    Then followed congratulatory speeches.
    A person concerned from the north side said the past one year since the ground-breaking ceremony of the zone proved that if the Koreans pool wisdom and energies in the idea of "By our nation itself", they can more successfully turn the zone into an industrial zone of world level and into one with national characteristics in a short span of time.
    He expressed expectation and belief that the businessmen and enterprises and officials concerned of the north and the south would complete the construction of the zone as early as possible, well aware of the noble mission they have assumed before history and nation, and thus realize the desire of all the Koreans for national reconciliation, cooperation and reunification without fail.
    Jo Kon Sik said against the backdrop of the daily improving south-north relations the south and the north will share joy at production, working hard together and the opening of the reconnected road and rail links would make it possible to reenergize the development of the zone. He called on the south and the north to pool efforts to meet the desire of all the Koreans for peace and prosperity of this land and the expectation of the international community.
    At the end of the speeches representatives of the north and the south cut the tape announcing the completion of the site for the model factory.
    Meanwhile, members of the south side after participating in the ceremony looked round historical sites in Kaesong including the Koryo Museum and Sonjuk Bridge.