A ceremony of great significance was held in the area of Hwasong in Pyongyang, well known as an epitome representing socialist Korea's rapid advance toward a grandiose future and as a symbol of new construction miracles and high civilization. The ceremony demonstrates the spirit of continuous revolution and the power for persistent advance peculiar to the Workers' Party of Korea.

Thanks to the far-sighted plan and ambition of the WPK to accelerate the simultaneous and comprehensive rejuvenation of the whole country by turning its capital city into an ideal one representing the socialist cultural efflorescence admired by the world and making sure that the appearance of the capital city undergoing uninterrupted progress is reflected in all other parts of the country, the fifth-stage construction of the Hwasong area is to start in the run-up to the glorious Ninth Congress of the WPK.

The grand construction campaign is to be conducted without a moment's let-up to show steady upsurges in the efforts for Pyongyang's prosperity in the new era and ever-soaring confidence in the development of Korean-style civilization, at a time when loud cheers have been heard at the inauguration ceremony celebrating the remarkable overfulfilment of the five-year plan for the capital city construction set forth at the Eighth Congress of the WPK. This is a noble manifestation of the people-first political ideals of the WPK racing against time to bring earlier a rosy future of the country through a resolute and offensive struggle.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the fifth-stage construction in the Hwasong area took place with splendour on February 18, adding to the trust of the people in their Party and social system and the confidence in their strength and cause.

The venue for the ceremony brimmed with great enthusiasm of the builders to write with pride a new history of transformation of their beloved capital city of Pyongyang by displaying more powerfully the spirit and morale they had shown in building magnificent monumental edifices symbolic of their era and generation by upholding the Party's grand plan for capital city construction with miraculous construction legends.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, attended the ceremony.

Present there were leading cadres of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of the Cabinet, ministries and national agencies, military and civilian builders and youth shock brigade members.

When Kim Jong Un arrived at the venue, all the participants raised enthusiastic cheers for a long time with deep reverence for the great revolutionary and benevolent father who is translating the centuries-old desire of the people into a brilliant reality of the present times, leading to steady success and shining victory the historic advance towards the comprehensive development and rejuvenation of Korean-style socialist construction.

He made a meaningful speech on the occasion of the groundbreaking for the fifth-stage construction of the Hwasong area.