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Kim Jong Il Gives On-Site Guidance to Industrial Establishments

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

   Pyongyang, August 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-site guidance to the February 8 Vinalon Complex and the Ryongsong Machine Complex.
    The first leg of his visit was the February 8 Vinalon Complex.
    After going round the room devoted to the history of the complex, he made the rounds of the Vinyl Chloride Shop, the Soda Shop and other places to learn about the technological updating and production there.
    Going round the updated production processes, he praised the officials, workers and technicians of the complex for having contrived and developed new type electrolyzer, high capacity electrolytic rectifier, graphite cooler and many other equipment and machines by their own efforts and with their technology and energetically carried out the reconstruction project of the complex, thereby mass-producing chemical products while economizing raw and other materials and establishing cultured practice in production.
    Highly appreciating the fact that the workers of the complex have made a breakthrough towards increased production in the spirit of self-reliance, holding aloft the slogan of faith "When the Party is determined we can do anything," he said that the spirit of self-reliance bequeathed to them by President Kim Il Sung pulling through all sorts of trials serves as motive force that helped build powerful independent national economy and an invariable work style in the socialist economic construction.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the complex, noting that the position and role of the complex are very important as it produces a variety of basic chemical products directly related to the people's living.
    The next leg of his visit was the Ryongsong Machine Complex.
    He was briefed on how the complex has implemented the on-the-spot instructions given by the President in front of the monument to his on-the-spot guidance.
    He highly appreciated the loyalty to the President displayed by the workers of the complex, pleased to learn that they have successfully carried out the on-the-spot instructions given by him while visiting the complex dozens of times.
    Examining newly produced compressors in the Compressor Shop, he learned about their structure, performance and principle of their operation and praised the workers of Ryongsong for making an uninterrupted leaping advance.
    The workers of Ryongsong with the glorious tradition of unconditionally carrying through any decision and instruction of the Party are producing quality machines in succession after modernizing the complex as required by the new century, he noted, adding that this is the revolutionary mettle of the heroic Korean working class who has glorified the sacred annals of the revolution with exploits performed in the struggle.
    He stressed that the DPRK's cause of building a great prosperous powerful nation is sure to be accomplished with success as a lot of powerful machine plants such as the Ryongsong Machine Complex are providing a strong guarantee for the socialist economic construction, displaying their might.
    Then he acquainted himself with the on-going construction of the cast iron shop and underscored the need to build it as a modern one that will win even the admiration of posterity.
    He was accompanied by Hong Song Nam, chief secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK, and Pak Nam Gi, department director of the WPK Central Committee.