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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) -- Floral baskets were placed before the statues of President Kim Il Sung standing in different parts of the country on the occasion of the New Year Juche 97 (2008).
    Servicepersons, working people from all walks of life and school youth and children in Pyongyang and overseas compatriots staying in the homeland visited the statue of the President on Mansu Hill.
    Seen before the statue was a floral basket from General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
    Amid the playing of floral basket-laying music, baskets of flowers in the name of party, military and power organs, social bodies, ministries and national institutions, KPA units and institutions of different levels, industrial establishments, farms and schools and others in the city and bouquets and flowers were laid before the statue.
    Also placed there was a floral basket in the name of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front.
    Written on the ribbons of the floral baskets were such letters as "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will live forever," "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us" and "The great revolutionary exploits of the respected leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung will be everlasting!"
    All the visitors paid tribute to the statue of the President in humble reverence.
    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.
    KPA 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.