calendar>>January 17. 2015 Juche 104
Preparations for Paektusan Prize Sports Contest Brisk
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The 20th Paektusan Prize Sports Contest among Officials of National Institutions will be held here with splendor to celebrate the Day of the Shining Star, birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il.

The officials are filled with enthusiasm to fully demonstrate their resolution to take the lead in building a socialist highly civilized nation through the contest.

The Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection and the Ministry of Food Procurement and Administration are meticulously organizing the work for letting their participants fully demonstrate their high sports technique, team spirit and fair play.

The Ministry of Electric Power Industry and the Ministry of External Economic Relations are paying deep attention to selecting good players and strengthening guidance over their training.

Leading officials of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries are arousing sports enthusiasm among masses.

The participants will compete in basketball, volleyball, table tennis and other events at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium and other gymnasiums in the city from January 21.

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