Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Agricultural workers and members of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea (UAWK) met at the Hall of Culture of the Kangdong Greenhouse Complex on February 13 to celebrate the 83rd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Present there were Kim Jong Sun, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials concerned, officials of the UAWK and agricultural workers.

Han Jong Hyok, chairman of the Central Committee of the UAWK, made a report to be followed by speeches.

The reporter and speakers said that the agricultural workers and members of the UAWK across the country are solemnly recollecting the sacred revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the greatest auspicious holiday of the nation in the stirring period when the national power and the prestige of Juche Korea are shining on the highest level and a new era when the regions change and a new turning point of the comprehensive national rejuvenation are being ushered in.

They said that thanks to February 16, birthday of the peerlessly great man, the DPRK people could be blessed with illustrious leaders and brilliant commanders generation after generation and could firmly defend the revolutionary cause of Juche, the socialist cause and achieve only victory and glory despite manifold ordeals and difficulties.

They noted that the immortal exploits of Kim Jong Il are shining more brilliantly as the eternal treasures firmly guaranteeing the steady advance and development of the DPRK and the happiness of posterity under the wise guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

They stressed that Kim Jong Un set forth a grand programme for the rural revolution and the Regional Development 20×10 Policy for bringing about an epoch-making change at the rural areas and thus opened up a new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation.

They called for making all efforts to attain the goals of struggle set forth at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK, true to the idea and leadership of Kim Jong Un, and thus glorifying this significant this year marking the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK and the 80th anniversary of national liberation with high yield. -0-