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New modern houses have been built in Ryongchon-dong, Saemunhwa-dong, Ponsan-dong, Jonjin-dong No. 2 and Taehung-dong No. 1 of Tanchon City of South Hamgyong Province this year again after last year.
Ceremonies for moving into new houses were held on the spot amid the joy and excitement of the miners and other people who would receive the new houses.
Congratulatory addresses were made at the ceremonies attended by officials of the province and the General Bureau of the Tanchon Area Mining Industry, officials concerned and working people who would move into new houses. Then licences for the use of houses were handed over to be followed by resolution-making speeches.
As the moving into new houses began, cheerful dance parties were given and the happy laughter resounded at the new houses.
Officials visited the miners’ families to hear their impressions of moving into new houses and encourage them to further increase mineral production, cherishing the benevolence of the Workers’ Party of Korea which translates the people’s dreams and ideals into reality.
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