Making the rounds of the room for the education in the revolutionary history and the room dedicated to the history of the factory, the Supreme Leader acquainted himself with the ideological education of its employees.

He highly appreciated that the factory built bases of ideological education to be of educational significance and is running regularly without fail and effectively conducting the educational work among its officials and employees to deeply implant the undying leadership exploits of the WPK in their hearts.

Looking round valuable photos of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and relics related with their guidance, he said that the glass factory built on the personal initiative of the President has turned into the country's leading optical glass production base under the leadership of Kim Jong Il. Recalling that the workers of the factory have resolutely upheld the Party's policy while devotedly working to produce optical glassware urgently needed for the science, education and economic development of the country despite difficult situation of the state in the past, he spoke highly of the course covered by them.

Calling at several production shops of the factory, the Supreme Leader learned about the production and watched glassware and optical apparatuses newly produced by the factory.

Highly estimating the goods of the factory, he said with great pleasure that as he had said last time, the glassware and optical apparatuses produced by the Taegwan Glass Factory are flawless to all appearance.

Pointing out that the world is rapidly changing and developing, he called for directing steady efforts to putting the factory's overall production process and process for checking goods on a modern basis and introducing update technology, not content with the present success, and thus producing better optical glass and measuring equipment.

He expressed belief and conviction that the Party members and other workers of the factory would register bigger success in development and production of new goods, true to the Party's line of building an economic power.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, Jo Yong Won and Kim Yong Su, vice department directors of the C.C., WPK, and Kim Chang Son and Ma Won Chun, officials of the State Affairs Commission.