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Kim Jong Il Inspects Several Production Units of KPA

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

   Pyongyang, December 6 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected several production units run by the army.
    He was accompanied by Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jang Song Thaek, department director of the C.C., WPK, Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first deputy department directors of the C.C., WPK, and KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.
    The first leg of his inspection was the cotton plantation under KPA Unit 1596.
    After being briefed on the plantation, he looked round vast cotton fields to acquaint himself in detail with its trial cotton cultivation.
    He appreciated the successes made by the plantation, noting that the tenacious efforts made by the plantation have resulted in systematically increasing the production and accumulating not a few experience necessary for putting the cotton farming on a scientific basis in recent years.
    It is the master key to the successful cultivation of cotton to solve the issue of seed, he noted, underscoring the need to pay special attention to the research and introduction of high-yielding strain requiring a short period for growth.
    Pointing out that it is possible to boost the yield while using less materials and manpower only when farming is placed on a scientific and technical basis as required by bioengineering, he stressed that it is important to actively introduce advanced methods of farming while rounding off the Korean-style system of cultivation.
    The next leg of his inspection was the new cotton processing factory built by KPA servicepersons.
    Walking round production processes, he learnt in detail about the technical equipment and production there.
    In order to keep the production going at a high rate, it is necessary to steadily improve the control of equipment and technical management and incessantly raise the level of technical skills of the producers, he said, setting forth the tasks to be implemented by the factory.
    The last leg of his inspection was the exhibition of products turned out by the combined building materials factory.
    Noting that the building materials on display are very high in their quality, he said that the construction of the new combined building materials factory with big production capacity has made it possible to bring about a qualitative leap forward in the field of construction in the country.
    He set forth tasks to be carried out by the factory to keep the production there going at a high rate and build up it under a long-term plan.
    He called upon all the leading officials to minutely organize everything and push ahead with it in a tenacious manner by displaying the revolutionary fighting spirit just as the commanding officers of the KPA do and thus enable the people to lead a more affluent life as early as possible.