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Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to Munchon Kumgang Smeltery

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, February 25 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the Munchon Kumgang Smeltery. After looking round the room devoted to the history of the smeltery, he went round the liquefying shop, zinc electrolyzing shop and various other processes of the smeltery to learn in detail about its technical equipment and production there. He was greatly satisfied to learn that the workers of the smeltery intensely loyal to the Party and the revolution have waged a vigorous drive to increase the production of non-ferrous metals and spruced up their work places as required by the era of Songun. It is very good that the smeltery has made strenuous efforts to modernize and scientize the production processes, thereby completely freeing the workers from difficult and labor consuming work, he said, underscoring the need to fully meet the requirements of the Juche idea for giving primary consideration to man in any work. Noting that the workers of the smeltery have upheld the Party with pure conscience and sense of obligation, firmly maintaining the consistent working class stand and steadfastly abiding by the principle of socialism even under the difficult and complicated situation and thus strikingly demonstrated the invincible might of the heroic working class of Korea, he highly appreciated their life totally dedicated to the prosperity of the country.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the smeltery.
    The demand for non-ferrous metals is further increasing as the socialist economic construction is developing in depth, he noted, calling for increasing the production and supply of non-ferrous metals badly needed by it.
    Saying that it is necessary for the smeltery to plan and undertake any work in a big and bold manner as it is a promising enterprise capable of producing a variety of non-ferrous metals and basic chemical products in order to turn it into a giant non-ferrous metal production centre in a brief span of time, he underlined the necessity to continue dynamically pushing ahead with the work to put the production processes on a modern and scientific basis to this end.
    He called for further improving the supply service for the workers. He stressed the need for all leading officials of the factories and enterprises to become servants for the workers and take deep care of their living down to all details as the DPRK has built a society for the working class.
    He expressed expectation and conviction that the workers of the smeltery would successfully perform their role as a pacemaker in implementing the WPK's economic strategy.
    He was accompanied by Ri Jae Il and Kim Tong Un, first vice department directors of the C.C., WPK.