Seen before the statue of the President on Mansu Hill was a floral basket sent by Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the KPA.

Placed there were floral baskets in the name of the party, the armed forces and power organs, social organizations, ministries, national institutions, KPA units, and organs and enterprises at all levels, factories, farms and schools in Pyongyang and flowers.

The people paid profound tribute to him looking up to his statue recalling with deep emotion his noble life as a peerlessly great man who performed undying exploits for the era, the revolution, the country and the people.

Floral baskets were placed before the statues of the President in several units in Pyongyang.

Servicepersons of the KPA, working people and school youth and children visited the statues of the President standing in their residential areas to place floral baskets, bouquets and flowers.