Kim Jong-Il certain his country to become prosperous.

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PYONGYANG, September 15 (Itar-Tass) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il
is certain that his country will reach "prosperity." The North's official
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday that the head of
state expressed this view during a recent inspection visit to heavy
industry enterprises in the west of the country.

After visiting the Rakwon machine building complex that produces
oxygen plants and stations, Kim noted that the "building of a prosperous
state will be undoubtedly successfully completed thanks to such heroic
labourers as the enterprise's workers." The agency said that the North
Korean leader had his photograph taken with the local innovators for the
enterprise workers' encouragement.
During this guidance visit that has become the 105th this year, Kim
Jong-Il also visited the Pukjung Machine Complex manufacturing ship
equipment. Over the similar period last year the North Korean leader
appeared in public 74 times.
According to KCNA, during his visit to the Pukjung Machine Complex he
first looked round the room for the education in the revolutionary history
and the room devoted to the history of the complex, conducted by its
officials.
The complex, which started with manufacturing hot-bulb engines after
the war, has turned into a large machine-building centre making a great
contribution to the nation's shipbuilding industry and the development of
economy under the wise guidance and meticulous care of President Kim-Il
Sung, he said, adding that the undying revolutionary exploits of the
President will remain brilliantly recorded in the history of the country.
He made the rounds of the Assembling Shop and various other production
processes and new machines produced by the complex to acquaint himself in
detail with the updating and production there, the report says.
After learning in detail about the performance and mechanism and
principles of operation of the newly manufactured machines, he expressed
great satisfaction over the fact that the workers of the complex produced
efficient machines as required by the new century by devoting all their
wisdom and enthusiasm. And he highly appreciated their feats, KCNA
reported.
The complex has a very important duty and role to play for firmly
reinforcing the nation's shipbuilding industry and independent national
economy, he noted, putting forward the highly important tasks to be
fulfilled by the complex.
The complex has a brilliant tradition as it has taken the lead in
devotedly implementing the Party's economic policies by giving full play
to the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance in every annual of the Korean
revolution, he said, expressing great expectation and conviction that all
the Party members and other working people of the complex would
successfully carry out in the future, too, the militant tasks assigned by
the Party.
When visiting the Rakwon Machine Complex, the North Korean leader went
round the room devoted to the history of the Oxygen Plant-Building Factory
before looking round the Sheet Metal Processing Shop, the Heat Exchanger
Shop, the Assembling Shop and various other production processes of the
factory to learn about in detail with the technological updating and
production there, according to KCNA.
Watching the newly manufactured oxygen plant, he expressed great
satisfaction with the fact that the workers of the complex produced a
modern oxygen plant by their own efforts by giving full play to the
revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and highly praised their feats.
The fact that they have manufactured the 15,000-cubic-metre oxygen
plant by their own efforts and with their own technology patently proves
the great potential of the nation's industry which has been put on a high
scientific and technological basis, he said, specifying an orientation and
ways for completing the production of large oxygen plants earlier than
schedule, according to the report.
Seeing one by one the books on the labour campaigns of loyalty and a
collection of poems that bear witness to the patriotic devotion made by
the workers of the factory with pure conscience while manufacturing oxygen
plants, he stressed that the DPRK's cause of building a thriving nation is
sure to be successfully accomplished thanks to such heroic workers as the
workers of the complex who are devoting all their wisdom and enthusiasm to
the drive for opening the gate to a thriving nation by displaying the
indomitable mental power, KCNA reported.
It said he had a photo session with labour innovators of the complex.
Noting that the Party members and other working people in North Phyongan
Province have made strenuous endeavours to carry out the militant tasks
set forth by the Party, thereby doing a lot of work on all fronts of
economic construction in recent years, he highly appreciated their
achievements.
He was accompanied by Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North
Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the
C.C., the WPK, and Pak Nam Gi and Jang Song Thaek, department directors of
the C.C., the WPK, KCNA reported.
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