Auspicious beginnings
The Suphan Buri provincial authority and influential politician Banharn Silpa-arch, who was later to become Thailand's 21st prime minister, were responsible for initiating the Bueng Chawak Chalerm Phra Kiet Development Project in 1994 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession to the Throne.