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Floral Baskets Laid before Statues of Kim Il Sung

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

    Pyongyang, January 1 (KCNA) -- Baskets of flowers were placed before the statues of President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the New Year Juche 96 (2007). Servicepersons, working people from all walks of life and school youth and children in Pyongyang visited the statue of the President on Mansu Hill.
    Seen before the statue was a floral basket from Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
    Amid the playing of floral basket-laying music, baskets of flowers, as well as bouquets and flowers, were laid before the statue in the name of party, military and power organs, social bodies, ministries, national institutions, KPA units and institutions of different levels, industrial establishments, farms and schools and others in the city. Also placed was a floral basket in the name of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front.
    Written on the ribbons of the baskets were such letters as "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will live forever" and "The great revolutionary exploits of the respected leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung will be everlasting!"
    All the visitors made deep bows before the statue in humble reverence for the President.
    Meanwhile, floral baskets were placed before his statues in different parts of the city, including Kim Il Sung University, Kim Il Sung Military University, the Ministry of People's Security, the Korean Film Studio and the Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace. The servicepersons, people and school youth and children across the country laid baskets of flowers, bouquets and flowers before the statues of the President in their residential areas to pay respects to him.
    The consul general and members of the Chinese Consulate General and Chinese residents in Chongjin laid the floral baskets before the President's statue in Chongjin to pay homage to him on the New Year's day.