Sunflowers cover both sides of the roadway. Thousand
rai of sunflowers in full bl oom greet His Majesty King
Bhumibol Adulyadej as he arrives to inaugurate the Pa
Sak River Basin Developmen t Project. As if they
represent the children of today, the mothers and fathers
of the families of the future, communities and
generations to come, the massed flowers greet His
Majesty the King. These are the well-wishers of today,
and of the future, whose lives are being graced with the
blessing of compassionate and technically sound
development. The blossoms signify the arrival of not
only the Monarch, but a gracious new way of living with
reduced threat of floods and drought - a blessing for an
old region in the heart of th e kingdom, a blessing from
His Majesty the King, a blessi ng toward self-sufficient