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The construction of thousands of rural dwellings planned for this year has been successfully completed in Ryanggang Province.

The whole province was astir with the ceremonies of moving into new houses held one after another in the counties of Unhung, Paegam, Pochon, Taehongdan, Kim Jong Suk, Kim Hyong Jik, Kim Hyong Gwon, Phungso, Samsu and Kapsan and the city of Hyesan, resounding with the songs that the people sang with pleasure boundlessly lauding the Workers' Party of Korea.

An inauguration ceremony of public buildings at the Saphyong Farm and a ceremony of moving into new houses at the Namphung Farm in Kapsan County were held respectively on the spot, rounding off the rural construction in the province for this significant year.

Present at the ceremonies were Ri Thae Il, chief secretary of the provincial committee of the WPK, Kim Chol Nam, chairman of the provincial people's committee, officials of the Party and power organs in the province and the county, builders and agricultural workers. Congratulatory addresses and speeches were made there.

The modern hall of culture, leisure complex and others were filled with joy and optimism of working people. And the laughter of frolicsome children resounded at the nursery and kindergarten.

Officials and builders extended congratulations to the working people seeing the nameplates on the doors of their new houses.

As agricultural workers and residents gave cheerful dance parties, the villages were in a festive mood, and fireworks were set off in the nocturnal sky over the area of Mt Paektu.