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Pyongyang Housing Construction Makes Headway
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- The construction of apartment buildings for 100,000 families is progressing apace in Pyongyang.

The housing construction is undertaken mainly by servicepersons, the Pyongyang City Construction Management Bureau and construction companies.

The Workers' Party of Korea called for the 100,000-unit construction as part of the effort for opening the gate to a thriving nation in 2012 marking the 100th birth anniversary of President
Kim Il Sung.

True to the call of the WPK, soldier-builders have made a breakthrough in the construction, topping their daily assignments at more than 200 percent.

Builders of the Junggu Public Building Construction Company and the Tonggu Housing Construction Company are now engaged in interior and exterior projects after finishing frame assembling.

Those from the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League have carried out 60 percent of frame assembling in Rangnang-Ryokpho area.

Those from the Ministry of Coal Industry, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Light Industry have also made a progress in their projects.

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