NKorea leader visits provincial exhibit of consumer goods.

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PYONGYANG, August 4 (Itar-Tass) - Leader Kim Jong-il of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea has visited an exhibition of consumer goods
during an inspection tour of Hamgyon-Namdo Province.
The Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday that the General
Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the Chairman of the
State Committee of Defence had surveyed the products displayed by
factories and industrial plants, including clothes, footwear, foodstuffs,
household articles, and school implements. Kim Jong-il pointed out the
importance of giving greater scope to boosting the production and raising
the quality of consumer goods in Pyongyang and other cities and provinces.
The supreme leader of the DPRK emphasized the determination and will
of the WPK to bring about a radical change in the wellbeing of people this
year when the 65th jubilee of the WPK is marked.
While in Hamgyon-Namdo Province, Kim Jong-il exercised direction on
the spot at several industrial enterprises, including the Vinalon Complex
named after February 8 in the city of Hamhung. The Complex specializes in
the production of synthetic fiber. He praised the factory personnel who
have managed to create new production facilities within a short period of
time and on the strength of their own technology in the interests of the
country's prosperity and people's happiness.
Kim Jong-il has been accompanied by a large group of party
functionaries.
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