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The ASEAN Dream

Thai-Indian youth awarded the fi rst runner-up position

at the third ASEAN Youth Video Contest (AYVC).

Aekarak Sethi was selected to represent the youth
of Thailand with his video submission titled “ASEAN
gets gold, not old.” His fi lm highlights that while ASEAN
celebrates its golden anniversary, the association is
still young, as demographics reveal that ASEAN has a
fast-growing young population as opposed to many
developed countries like Germany and Japan.
The top 10 winners were given a scholarship to
participate in a professional fi lmmaking workshop in
Singapore, fully covered by various reputed international
development agencies, including the likes of ASEAN
Secretariat, USAID, US Mission to ASEAN, the ASEAN
We all know about ASEAN and are excited about the Foundation and DAI.
endless opportunities the association off ers. However, Aekarak, being a Thai citizen of Indian descent
while many may fathom that ASEAN is a fairly new and Sikh by faith, chose to focus his story on diversity,
organisation, this is defi nitely not the case. harmony, and the ambition behind the dreams of
2017 marked the 50th anniversary of its people that make up ASEAN. The video, titled “ASEAN’s
formation. The signing by the Bangkok Declaration Ambition: A Journey Through Faces,” was awarded the
on August 8, 1967 led to the offi cial birth of ASEAN. fi rst-runner up position across ASEAN, where he was
To commemorate this important milestone, youth awarded prize money of US$750. In alignment with ASEAN’s motto “One Vision,
citizens of ASEAN were invited to submit a 60-second Over the past century, people have spoken in awe One Identity, One Community”, Aekarak believes that
video on why they think ASEAN is important, and what of the American Dream. However, in the video, the the glorious fate of ASEAN is in recognising kinship
their aspirations and hopes are for the next 50 years. focus shifts to the ASEAN dream that the founding with every dreamer. His message is rather simple; “Our
With a record-breaking submission of 137 videos, only fathers hoped to achieve. The fi lm further highlights strength lies in our identities. In uniting our strengths
10 were selected to represent each of their countries in that ASEAN’s future is to be determined by choice, in harmony, together we can overcome our challenges
the ASEAN region. not by chance. and achieve the ASEAN Ambition.”

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