DPRK Premier Inspects Various Sectors

Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made a field survey of various sectors.

The premier visited the Tukjang Youth Coal Mine of the Tukjang Area Coal-mining Complex and the Jenam Coal Mine of the Tokchon Area Coal-mining Complex and encouraged their employees who are putting spurs to the coal production, true to the intention of the Party to successfully conclude this year's struggle and pave a broad avenue for attaining the new long-term goal.

He called for continuously securing new coal fields by giving priority to prospecting and tunneling, increasing the mining and transport capacity and boosting the coal miners' mental power and creativity to decisively increase coal production and thus repay the deep trust and expectation of the Party with increased production.

Going round various production sites of the Pukchang Thermal Power Complex, the premier stressed the need to reduce the coal consumption by directing efforts to the management of equipment and technical control for increasing the output of generators and direct close attention to the protection of the ecological environment by introducing advanced dust collection methods.

After acquainting himself with the construction project for establishing the C1 chemical industry, he stressed the need to reinforce the ranks of highly skilled workers and enhance the responsibility and role of the scientists and technicians and thus finish the construction of new processes planned for this year in a qualitative way.

At the Farm Machine Institute of the Agricultural Commission, the premier learned in detail about the development of pumps using natural energy and called for studying and introducing modern and efficient farm machines suited to the country's natural and geographical characteristics and actual conditions.

Field consultative meetings dealt with an issue for the Cabinet, the Ministry of Metal Industry and other ministries and national agencies to timely supply equipment, materials and parts necessary for the normal production of coal mines and thermal power plants and the construction project for the establishment of the C1 chemical industry, an issue for the officials to pay deep attention to the health and working and living conditions of scientists, researchers and workers, etc.

Earlier, the premier visited the Ryonggang Stone Processing Factory to learn about its production and discussed the issue of supplying more building stones to major construction sites. -0-