Kim Jong Un Inspects Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State
Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme
commander of the Korean People's Army, again gave field guidance to the
modern Samjiyon Potato Farina Production Factory which was built in Samjiyon
County.

He again visited the factory to discuss measures on the spot with a
determination to build a new process producing 2 000 tons of processed potato
food in a year with potato farina as raw material, as the process of producing
potato farina with a capacity of thousands of tons was built last year.

Going round the potato farina production process, he said that the factory has
not been operated in full capacity after its appearance but it should produce a
huge amount of farina with the potatoes harvested this year so as to supply a lot
of potato farina and processed potato food to the people.

He underscored the need to equip the factory with modern machines for making
a variety of foods, including noodle, zeppole, cake and nutritious rice, with potato
farina and produce tasty and nutritious processed potato foods on a full scale.

He called for building modern potato farina factories at the potato production
bases in the northern alpine region on the basis of the experience and design
gained in having built a standard factory that can produce potato farina and
various kinds of processed potato foods for the first time in our country.

He acquainted himself with the store of produced potato farina and highlighted
the need to thoroughly ensure the quality of potato farina by keeping good
conditions for the store and to establish a scientific quality check system.

He also called upon the factory to take good care of and manage production
facilities and equipment on a regular basis, ensure hygienic environment enough
to fit for a foodstuff production process and organize manpower management to
ensure profitability so as to put the production on normal footing at a high level.

He looked round a Korean-style circulating fluidized-bed boiler newly built at
the factory.

He noted with high appreciation that the new boiler based on our own design,
technology and efforts to suit the actual conditions can supply enough steam
needed for production process with less coal consumption.

Now that the factory has all production process in a perfect way, it is urgent to
increase the output of potato for putting its production on a normal basis, he said.

After learning about the potato farming of the county, he stressed the need to
conduct sowing in right season and in a qualitative way, manure and cultivate
potato fields in a scientific and technical way and realize the comprehensive
mechanization to radically increase per hectare yield.

The Party will solve the problem of vehicles necessary for organization of
potato transport fleet to carry harvested potato, he said, adding that it is
important to gather it in time without wasting even a potato and fully supply
potato to the factory.

Saying that the Party harbors great expectations over the Samjiyon Potato
Farina Production Factory which opened up a new path in the potato processing
industry of our country, he earnestly called on its officials and employees to keep
the factory in full-capacity operation in the spirit of devoted service to the
people and thus make the factory built by the Party with much care truly
contribute to the improvement of the people's diet.

He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Jo Yong Won, O Il Jong and Kim Yong
Su, senior officials of the WPK Central Committee.