Kim Jong Un Calls for Ushering in Period of Great Prosperity in Construction
Pyongyang, December
9 (KCNA) -- Supreme leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter "Let Us Usher in the
Period of Great Prosperity in Construction by Thoroughly Embodying Party's Idea
on Juche-based Architecture" to participants in the great workshop for officials
in the field of construction on Sunday.
Noting the Workers'
Party of Korea (WPK) has attached great importance to the work in the field of
construction, Kim Jong Un in his letter said it is a firm determination of the
party to create a new history of construction in Songun Korea by giving a
momentum to the present heyday of construction to develop it into the period of
greater prosperity and further the campaign for innovation in the field of
construction into the high-pitched drive for great leaps on all fronts of
socialist construction and thus bring about a new era of country's prosperity.
The history of
construction in our motherland is a proud one in which its people performed
miracles and achieved eye-opening changes while racing against the time in the
spirit of Chollima spurred on by the speed campaign, true to the outstanding
idea of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il on architecture and under
their wise leadership, he noted, adding:
Today under the
leadership of the WPK a great heyday of construction was opened up in the
country and Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il's plan for building a thriving nation
is being translated into an eye-opening reality.
The builders
including the service personnel of the People's Army are heroes in the era of
Songun and treasures of the WPK as they proved in practice that the DPRK does
whatever it is determined to do by devoting themselves to carrying out the
party's plan of construction and demonstrated before the whole world the great wisdom
and high spirit of the dynamically advancing motherland.
Clarifying that the
party's idea and theory of Juche-based architecture and its policy of
construction serve as guidelines for successfully carrying out the grand
blueprint and goals for construction facing us, he went on:
The Juche-based
socialist architecture is, in essence, popular masses-first architecture.
As the popular
masses are creators of architecture and enjoyers of it, the desire, demand and
convenience of people should be placed above all in construction, and
ideological value, artistry and practicality should be thoroughly ensured in it
to meet their emotion and sense of beauty.
We should firmly
preserve the Juche character in construction by embodying the popular
masses-first idea, properly combine national character with modernity and erect
at a remarkably high speed monumental buildings surpassing the world standard
and to be impeccable even in the distant future.
This is the
fundamental principle we should adhere to in construction and the basic core of
the idea on Juche-based architecture.
"Let us usher
in the period of great prosperity in construction by thoroughly embodying
party's idea on Juche-based architecture!" is the slogan to be upheld by
officials and workers in the field of construction at present, he said,
indicating the tasks to be carried out by the field of construction and ways do
so. He continued:
The field of
construction should put the construction work throughout the country on a world
level by bringing about a revolutionary turn in design, construction and
production of building materials.
The policy put
forward by the party in developing design and construction and improving the
work in the field of building materials is to strictly abide by the principles
of convenience first and architectural beauty next, infrastructure first and
superstructure next, carry out the specialization, industrialization and
modernization at high level and complete projects in a brief span of time by
applying finish-one-by-one tactics and employing three-dimensional methods.
It is important to
remarkably develop the field of architectural design before any others.
Designers should
ensure the design at the highest level as intended by the party and as desired
by the people, bearing in mind that the future of a highly civilized nation is
shaped by their work.
It is necessary to
bring about new innovations in construction.
If construction is
not properly done, however good the design is, it is impossible to create an
excellent building as desired by the party and people.
A drastic turn
should be effected in the production of building materials.
Building materials
are to construction just as ammunition is to army.
The work for
ushering in the period of great prosperity in construction calls for increasing
responsibility and roles of officials and workers in the field of construction.
It is important to
develop science and technology in construction onto a higher phase.
Science and
technology are the driving force ceaselessly accelerating the development of
construction, and a shortcut to the period of great prosperity in construction
is to rapidly develop science and technology.
Big efforts should
be directed to the work for training able scientists and technicians in the
field of construction.
It is necessary to
improve and intensify the work for supervising and controlling the
construction.
Kim Jong Un
underscored the need for officials and workers in the field of construction to
fully demonstrate the might of the great Paektusan nation and the spirit of
Songun Korea before the world by bringing about great leaps and innovations at
every construction site with ardent will to translate the far-reaching
construction plan of the party into a proud reality.
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