Mr. Amphol Senanarong, a Privy Councilor, said the office of Royal Development Projects Board, Bureau of Budget, Border Patrol Police and Royal Development Study Center at Cha-am District, Phetchaburi Province were together holding an exhibition called “HM the king’s 80th Birthday Anniversary for the happiness of the Thais”. The exhibition would display HM masterpieces on experiments, researches and development, for the benefit of native agriculturists, Thai and foreign tourists…

…The Privy Councilor also added at the moment the agriculturists at Cha-am District, Phetchaburi Province are using HM the king’s ideas to improve their farming, for instance in highland rice fielding, lowland rice fielding, fruits transforming, water sources conservation, long-life trees between cash crop’s row planting, alternative energy developing and so on. The projects, created by HM the king guide his agriculturists and people in their daily lives as sufficiency economy, totaling 3,000 projects all over the country throughout HM the king’s 80 years. Things done by HM the king are said to be done out of greatest kindness for the Thais, so the loyal Thais should follow HM the king’s speech and projects and the Thais will finally find that they can succeed and rise above the global crisis contently.

– Extracted from Chamnan Puengioh, “HM the king’s 80th Birthday Anniversary for the happiness of the Thais”, Hua Hin Today, Volume 4, Issue 7. In the New Mandala archives a helpful discussion on the impact of various royal initiatives is available here. Readers looking for more context and some interesting ideas will find it a good place to start.