Kim Jong Un Visits Pyongyang Sports Apparatus Factory

Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the newly built Pyongyang Sports Apparatus Factory. Looking round the room dedicated to the history of the factory, he emphasized that the party was directing great efforts to the sports development. He called upon the officials and employees of the factory to make devoted efforts out of patriotism and with the pride of working at the important post for translating into reality the party's plan for building a sports powerhouse. He went round various places of the factory to acquaint himself with the construction of the factory and production there and varieties and quality of products in detail. He said that the factory established a strict system for quality control to guarantee the quality of the products and produce sports goods in keeping with the international standard. He noted the factory has an important duty to perform in order to carry out the party's plan for building a sports powerhouse and set forth tasks before it including the issue of putting production on normal footing and boosting it by properly working out a business strategy. Noting that the completion of the modern factory has made it possible to provide sportspersons and people with locally made quality sports equipment and goods, he stressed the need to produce sports equipment and goods urgently necessary to develop the specialized sports field and popularize sports and make it part of everyday life by our own efforts and with indigenous technology and materials at any cost. Kim Jong Un gave an instruction related to the commissioning of the factory. -0-