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Kim Jong Il Gives field guidance to Work in Various Fields of North Phyongan Province

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

   Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-the-spot-guidance to the work in various fields of North Phyongan Province.
    The first leg of his guidance was the Pukjung Machine Complex.
    He learned about the modernization of the complex and production there and expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the party members and other working people of the complex are devoting themselves to the building of a rich and powerful country in sky-high spirit in hearty response to the WPK's call for an all-out advance.
    Noting that economic progress and improved standard of people's living are guaranteed by science and technology, he underscored the need to dynamically push ahead with the technological updating of the national economy on the basis of modern science and technology, holding fast to the WPK's policy of attaching importance to science.
    The next leg of his guidance was the Rakwon Machine Complex.
    After going round production processes and examining newly manufactured machines, he acquainted himself in detail with the technological updating of the complex and production there.
    He highly appreciated the achievements made by the officials, workers and technicians of the complex in their drive, expressing great satisfaction over the fact that they have produced a lot of machines by devoting all sorts of wisdom and energies and made such technological progress as putting oil hydraulic technology on a higher stage in a brief span of time.
    He stressed that in order to increase the production of modern machines as required by the new century the complex should continue focusing efforts on the technological updating to modernize the production processes and place them on a precision basis.
    He expressed expectation and conviction that the workers of Rakwon having a glorious tradition of struggle would bring about a signal leaping advance in the production of machines in the same spirit as was displayed in the 1950s and thus continue to glorify the honor of being a guard unit.
    Then he went to the Sinam Cooperative Farm in Ryongchon County.
    Feasting his eyes on the scenery of the vast expanse of the Ryongchon Plain, he learned about the farming conditions this year. He praised the agricultural workers for working hard with loyalty, keenly aware of their responsibility for the nation's supply of rice.
    The basic way of boosting the grain production is to fully apply the Juche-oriented farming methods suited to the climatic conditions of the country and exert sustained great efforts to carry out the policy of bringing about a signal turn in seed selection in particular, he said, indicating tasks to be tackled to fulfill them.
    He highly appreciated the successes made by the industrial workers and agricultural workers in North Phyongan Province, noting that they have done a great deal of work at all units in recent years through strenuous endeavors to implement the militant tasks set forth by the party.
    He was accompanied by Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and other leading officials of the WPK Central Committee.