Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- Officials of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) laid a floral basket before the portrait of President Kim Il Sung on Friday on the occasion of the April holiday.

Present there were Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Pak Ku Ho, first vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and director of its Organization Department, Nam Sung U, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Pae Jin Gu, vice-chairman and concurrently director general of the General Affairs Department of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Jo Il Yon, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Song Kun Hak, vice-chairman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently director of its Education Department, So Chung On, vice-chairman and director of the Department for International Affairs of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, Ri Myong Yu, chairman of the Central Audit Committee of Chongryon, department directors and officials of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee.

All the participants paid tribute to President Kim Il Sung for his immortality.

On the same day, officials of the Korean Youth League in Japan, the Korean Democratic Women's Union in Japan, the Union of Korean Teachers and School Clerks in Japan, the Korean Educationists Association in Japan, the Korean Health Workers Association in Japan, the Union of Korean Students in Japan and the Korean Youth Publication, including Kang Chu Ryon, vice-chairwoman of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee and concurrently chairwoman of the Central Standing Committee of the Korean Democratic Women's Union in Japan, Ri Kwang Il, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the Korean Youth League in Japan, Ri Song Chol, chairman of the Central Standing Council of the Korean Educationists Association in Japan, and Song Sang Gi, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the Union of Korean Students in Japan, laid bouquets before the portraits of Kim Il Sung and paid tribute to him. -0-