There is great distress that the people of Thailand are landless, and if there is no land, then they will work as their slaves, which we do not want people to slave others, but if we can eliminate this problem by classifying and allocating land fairly or organize, call a settlement or call a group or a co-operative, it will allow people who live in poverty to be able to develop themselves…” (Office of the Royal Development Projects Board, 1988)