DPRK. Local-Industry Factories Boom.

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Pyongyang, February 23 (KCNA) -- The local-industry factories in Jagang Province of the DPRK are exerting great efforts to the production of consumer goods. In particular the local-industry factories in Huichon City are increasing the production of consumer goods by tapping the latent raw materials to the maximum.

Kim Yong Gil, chief engineer of the Local-Industry Administration Department of the Huichon City People's Committee, told KCNA that the factories in the city are successfully carrying on their plans for February by relying on the local raw materials, following their fulfillment of their January assignments. Huichon Daily-necessities Producer's Cooperative is producing over 400 kinds of expanded assortments by making use of idle materials.

It manufactures plastic goods including vinyl pipe, vinyl chloride sheets, various vessels for home use and different kinds of bags and thus contributes to the improvement of the people's living standard and production activities of co-op farms. Its products find their way to other local areas. The Soy Factory and Foodstuff Factory in Huichon have fulfilled primary seasoning and sweets and cakes production plans on all indices.

The Huichon Glass Factory is turning out ten kinds of glass vessels and glass tiles as a result of application of many technical innovations to production.

Efforts to put production on a normal track are being made at other local-industry factories including the Furniture Factory, Paper Mill and Ironware Factory.

KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY

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