Pyongyang, May 22 (KCNA) -- The light industrial sector of the DPRK strives to raise the quality of products and expand their variety by dint of science and technology.

The Amnokgang General Foodstuff Factory, which established a new beer production line to turn out and supply high-quality beer, made of locally available raw materials, to the provincial inhabitants, has concentrated efforts on expanding the capacity of equipment and building a new process. It developed foodstuffs with better taste and quality by intensifying the research into the production of new kinds of confectionaries with various materials good for human health.

The Sinuiju Footwear Factory has conducted a technical innovation movement to develop and produce shoes suited to the people's aspirations and demands. Recently, it developed new types of sports shoes good to see and convenient to wear.

The Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory and the Pyongyang Footwear Factory are putting spurs to the development and production of quality goods. -0-