Pyongyang, January 3 (KCNA) -- Agricultural workers of the Songjuk Industrial Crop Farm under the North Hwanghae Provincial Rural Economy Committee and the Sinryang Farm of Songrim City greeted an auspicious event. New houses have been built there, true to the noble intention of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee to turn the whole countryside across the DPRK into a paradise for the people.

Celebration ceremonies took place on the spots.

Present there were officials of the Party and power organs, builders and agricultural workers in North Hwanghae Province, Songrim City and Yonthan County.

Congratulatory addresses were made and licenses for the use of houses were handed over to be followed by speeches.

As house-moving began, the farm villages were in a festive mood amid the display of cheerful peasants' music, performances and dancing parties. -0-