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LIVE WISELY...BE SUFFICIENT With deep respect and admiration, AseanAffairs magazine would like to present our heartfelt congratulations to HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who turns 82 on December 5, 2009. The
world’s longest reigning monarch is revered among the Thais and
non-Thais for his proper adherence to the principles of "Dhamma",
Buddhist teachings and the Buddhist concept of righteousness. His
gentleness, his reserve, his modesty and his apparent detachment are
qualities he has worked hard to perfect. His Majesty is respected by his subjects – the rich and the poor alike – for the practical deeds he has contributed. One
such instance is the Sufficiency Economy - a philosophy bestowed on his
subjects through royal remarks on many occasions over the past three
decades. In
one his customary birthday speeches, His Majesty wished everyone in
Thailand “sufficient to live and to eat” (Phor You Phor Kin). “The development of a country must be by steps. It must start with basic sufficiency in food and adequate living, using techniques and instruments which are economical but technically sound. When this foundation is secured, then higher economic status and progress can be established.” ....
The Strength of the Land His
Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand was born in Cambridge
Massachusetts, the United States of America, on Monday the 5th of
December 1927, being the third and youngest child of Their Royal
Highnesses Prince and Princess Mahidol of Songkhla. He is the direct
grandson of His Late Majesty King Chulalongkorn or Rama V who was
renowned for the great reforms which he made to all institutions of
Thailand.
Royal Development Projects:
The Monkey Cheek During his annual birthday speech on December 4, 1995, His Majesty was talking about the flood problem facing Bangkok residents and those live in the central plains of Thailand. “…When
I was five years old, we had monkeys and we gave them bananas. They
would munch, munch, munch, and then kept the food in their cheeks … He
was recalling the origin of his “Monkey Cheek Project”. He was only
five years old when he noted how the monkeys munched and stored their
food in their cheeks. More than seven decades later, the ‘Monkey
Cheeks’ are helping to keep the capital from inundation as they serve
as retention areas to keep flood water.
The
Kaem Ling Project (or Monkey Cheek Project) is the Royal Development
Project to solve flooding problems in Bangkok and metropolitan areas.
Canals excavated along the coastal areas both in the west and the east
of the Chao Phraya River serve as big storage reservoirs or Kaem Lings
(Monkey Cheeks), draining flood waters by natural means – through
gravity or tidal flow.
The drainage system works as water from the upper canal flows down southwards to a large storage canal near the seashore. When the sea level is lower (than the water level in the canal), the water in the canal is drained through a regulator by gravity and pumped out in order to let the water in the canal be at the lowest possible level. This helps keep the water from the upper canal flowing into the storage canal. On the When the sea level rises above the water level in the canal, the water gate is closed in order not to let water flow back in. The Kaem Ling Projects have now been extended to other flood-prone provinces, including Samut Sakhon, a province close to Bangkok, and Chumphon and Hat Yai, Songkhla, in the South. ....
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