After being briefed about the ground before its guide map he toured the long tourist course extending from the entrance to Habiro to Manphok Ravine for hours to acquaint himself in detail about its construction.

After feasting his eyes on the tourist route, pavilions, a flyover built in a peculiar style and resting places in perfect harmony with beautiful natural scenery, he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the youth shock brigade members have spruced up Mt. Myohyang to be a wonderful recreation ground for the people.

All the architectures including the flyover high up in the sky were designed in a peculiar way and the quality of their construction was ensured on the highest level, he remarked, adding that it is an admirable miracle that the province built such a wonderful recreation ground in a matter of six months with its own efforts. He extended thanks to the builders, highly appreciating their feats.

The Mt. Myohyang Recreation Ground has been spruced up better as one of eternal value, enabling the Korean people to fully enjoy cultural recreation in the world famous mountain, he said, adding that the laudable feats of the builders who contributed to the happiness of the people and the country's prosperity with all their wisdom and enthusiasm will be handed down together with the history of the building of a thriving nation.

Triumphant events are taking place one after another on all fronts to the delight and excitement of the people this year, a year of drastic changes in which everything goes well, he said, stating with pride that this is the stirring reality of the prospering country approaching close to the gate of a thriving nation.

Underlining the need to spruce up better Mt. Myohyang, the precious possession of the people, and hand it down to posterity, he advanced highly important tasks to be carried out in building the recreation ground and managing and operating it.

He said that in order to make more people visit Mt. Myohyang in the future and enjoy cultural recreation, fully commanding a bird's-eye view of the scenery of the mountain, it is necessary to enhance the utility rate of the already built service and catering facilities and, at the same time, build more facilities to meet the growing demand.

It is important to pave well the tourist route in order to make the visitors to go to and see all scenic spots, he said, stressing the need to concentrate efforts on finishing the route construction.

What is most important in managing the recreation ground is to protect the natural environment, he said, underscoring the need to preserve even a stone and a tree to their original state and take a thoroughgoing measure to prevent the pollution of mountains and streams, in particular.

He was accompanied by Kim Phyong Hae, chief secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, Choe Thae Bok and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the C.C., the WPK, Jang Song Thaek and Pak Nam Gi, department directors of the C.C., the WPK, and Generals of the Korean People's Army Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.