Kim Jong Il Gives On-the-Spot Guidance to Industrial Establishments
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, gave on-the-spot guidance to the Ryongsong Machine Complex and the Hungnam Pharmaceutical Factory. He was greeted on the spot by Hong Song Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kim Phung Gi, chairman of the South Hamgyong Provincial People's Committee, and leading officials of the complex and the factory. The first leg of his guidance was the Ryongsong Machine Complex. He first went to the room devoted to the history of the complex. Looking back with deep emotion upon the glorious course of development covered by the complex, he said thanks to the profound care of President Kim Il Sung the Ryongsong Machine Complex turned into the nation's leading machine-building centre and a "mother plant" begetting more plants. The undying feats performed by the President will shine for all ages with the glorious history of the complex, he added. He dropped in at No. 1 Machine Shop to acquaint himself with the production and watch newly manufactured compressors.
He highly praised the feats performed by the workers of Ryongsong, noting it is a great success that they have built modern compressors by their own efforts and technology in a short span of time.
Strongly backed by many giant machine plants including the Ryongsong Machine Complex, the DPRK could successfully realize the socialist industrialization in such a short span of time and augment its economic potential at a high rate and dynamically push ahead with the building of a great prosperous powerful nation, he said, and went on: This goes to prove the validity and great vitality of the WPK's unique economic line on giving priority to the development of heavy industry with the machine-building industry as its core, while simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture. He set the goals to be attained by the complex in a few years to come and indicated tasks and ways to do so.
The second leg of his inspection was the Hungnam Pharmaceutical Factory. He went round the monument to the on-the-spot guidance given by President Kim Il Sung and the room devoted to the history of the factory.
Under the wise leadership and meticulous care of the President the factory could cover the road of progress as a mother factory in the nation's pharmaceutical industry, he noted, adding that the people should always remember the benevolence the President showed for them, while working heart and soul for them all his life. He learned about the equipment and production at the factory, going round its interior including compounding shops and the industrial experiment station. He underscored the need to channel great efforts into the production of medicines so that the people may fully benefit from the free medical service. What is most important in the production of medicines is to boost the production of household medicines always required by people in their life, he noted, underlining the need to pay primary attention to this matter.
Calling for developing in depth the work to put the production of Koryo medicines on a scientific and industrial basis, he urged the technicians and workers in the field of pharmaceutical industry to steadily raise their scientific and technical level and, at the same time, sufficiently secure basic raw materials for the production of medicines. He stressed the need to provide the best sanitary conditions and establish the highest level of cultured practice in production as the factory turns out medicines related to people's life and indicated ways to do so.
He set forth tasks to be fulfilled to reconstruct it on modern lines. He was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, Pak Nam Gi and Ju Kyu Chang.
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