KCNA Reports about Signal Successes in Various Fields in Early March

Pyongyang, March 14 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency Saturday said in a report that the industrial production in the first ten days of March when the 70-day campaign of loyalty is under way grew 1.2 times as compared with the corresponding period of last year. According to it, production in the vanguard and basic industrial fields of the national economy, including electric power, coal, metal and railway transport, sharply rose. The production plan of the Ministry of Coal Industry for ten days in March was over-fulfilled by 13 percent. The Ministry of Railways, all the railway bureaus and sub-bureaus over-fulfilled main freight haulage plan. The Taean Heavy Machine Complex completed the production of generating equipment in a matter of two months and sent them to the construction site of the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station No. 3 on Mar. 10. The Ministry of Machine Industry increased the production of thermal power generating equipment 1.5 times. Mines under the Phosphate Fertilizer Industry Management Bureau honored its plan at 150 percent and the Sunchon Cement Complex, the Chonnaeri Cement Factory and the Sunghori Cement Factory boosted the production over 10 percent. The fishery officials and workers over-fulfilled their production plan of the Ministry of Fisheries for ten days 21 percent. Across the country hundreds of workers honored their yearly plans, at least 3 600 people carried out the first half yearly plans and more than 15 400 people hit the first quarterly goal. -0-