Pyongyang, March 3 (KCNA) -- North Hwanghae Province of the DPRK steps up the preparation for this year's rural housing construction on a full scale.

Workers at Kyongam, Sohung and Unpha cement factories are boosting the production, through a vigorous emulation drive for increased production and strengthened inter-shift cooperation.

The construction brigades are further consolidating their material and technical foundations, amid exhibitions of utensils and tools being held in cities and counties and the supply of equipment and materials needed for construction being pushed forward in a far-sighted way.

Junghwa and Unpha counties set it as an important issue to build up the force of skilled workers and are directing efforts to the organization of passing-on technique and show and the technical innovation for improving the quality of structures.

Workers and technicians of the building-materials production units in Songnim City are producing high-quality building materials with light-burned magnesia by purposefully introducing advanced technology.

Sinphyong and Phyongsan counties are giving precedence to the production of building materials preserving practical and aesthetic aspects with raw materials abundant in their regions.

Sariwon City secured thousands of good species of saplings including dawn redwood and ginkgo trees under a plan for turning rural villages to be newly built into ones with regional features.

Sangwon, Sungho and other counties, too, are cultivating saplings in a scientific and technological way to provide enough conditions for rural housing construction and creating landscapes in a three-dimensional way. -0-