Lighting Becomes Bright
One evening in May, 1978, Chairman Kim Jong Il was passing the fountain park of the Mansudae Art Theatre, when suddenly he called a halt to his car and looked at the park for a long while.
Then, he asked the officials accompanying him if they thought the park was bright enough.
They could not answer immediately, only looking at each other, for there were already several chandeliers in the park and color lights were illuminating the fountains, making a good harmony of colors in the pond.
Looking round the officials for a while, the Chairman said the present lighting is not bright enough for taking photographs at night.
Saying that people would be so happy with brighter lighting for them to enjoy themselves having their photos taken even at night, he warmly instructed that the park should be well equipped lest there should be any slightest convenience for the people.
Proposing that the lighting of the park be replaced with floodlights as bright as those of stadiums, he personally named even the number and capacity of floodlights needed.
This is how the lighting of the park became bright.
