ABOUT ASEAN

ESTABLISHMENT

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.

AIMS AND PURPOSES

As set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and purposes of ASEAN are:

1. To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavours in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations;
2. To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter;
3. To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields;
4. To provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in the educational, professional, technical and administrative spheres;
5. To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of their agriculture and industries, the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of international commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of their peoples;
6. To promote Southeast Asian studies; and
7. To maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes, and explore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves.

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES

In their relations with one another, the ASEAN Member States have adopted the following fundamental principles, as contained in the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) of 1976:

1. Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations;
2. The right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion or coercion;
3. Non-interference in the internal affairs of one another;
4. Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner;
5. Renunciation of the threat or use of force; and
6. Effective cooperation among themselves.

ASEAN COMMUNITY

The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies.

At the 9th ASEAN Summit in 2003, the ASEAN Leaders resolved that an ASEAN Community shall be established.

At the 12th ASEAN Summit in January 2007, the Leaders affirmed their strong commitment to accelerate the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015 and signed the Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015.

The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars, namely the ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. Each pillar has its own Blueprint, and, together with the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and IAI Work Plan Phase II (2009-2015), they form the Roadmap for and ASEAN Community 2009-2015.

ASEAN CHARTER

The ASEAN Charter serves as a firm foundation in achieving the ASEAN Community by providing legal status and institutional framework for ASEAN. It also codifies ASEAN norms, rules and values; sets clear targets for ASEAN; and presents accountability and compliance.

The ASEAN Charter entered into force on 15 December 2008. A gathering of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta to mark this very historic occasion for ASEAN.

With the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter, ASEAN will henceforth operate under a new legal framework and establish a number of new organs to boost its community-building process.

In effect, the ASEAN Charter has become a legally binding agreement among the 10 ASEAN Member States.

ATIQAH ZULHISAM :D

FROG VLE

WHAT IS THE FROG VLE?

Think of Frog as a social network for schools.

The Frog Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a web-based learning system that replicates real-world learning by integrating virtual equivalents of conventional concepts of education. For example, teachers can assign lessons, tests, and marks virtually, while students can submit homework and view their marks through the VLE. Parents can view school news and important documents while school administrators can organise their school calendars and disseminate school notices via the Internet.

Atiqah Zulhisam :D

teenagers and Social Networking Sites

From behind their bedroom doors, more than 1 out of every 10 teenagers has posted a nude or seminude picture of themselves or others online - a "digital tattoo" that could haunt them for the rest of their lives, according to a poll being released .

Aside from the nudity, the survey also found that at least a quarter of the young people polled had posted something they later regretted, made fun of others or created a false identity online.

While teens are spending more and more time on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace - with 22 percent saying they check their sites more than 10 times a day - they don't seem to be aware of the long-term personal havoc they could create with a click of a button.

And their parents generally have little idea about what their children are up to, the poll found.

"We've got to stop kidding ourselves about this," said James Steyer, chief economic officer and founder of San Francisco-based Common Sense Media, which commissioned the study. "There are enormous consequences from inappropriate behavior online."

The survey polled 1,000 teens and 1,000 parents to gauge how much time young people are spending on social-networking sites, what they do when they're on them - and whether their parents know.

Source of information

Social networking sites allow members to create individualized pages that often include personal information such as relationship status, age, city of residence and birth date, as well as photos, videos and personal comments.

When Maxwell Wallace, a graduate of Lowell High School in San Francisco, wanted to know more about his new roommate at Georgetown University this fall, he didn't just place a phone call. He also went to Facebook.

There, Wallace could read the teen's thoughts, see what his interests were, what his friends said about him and what his pictures indicated about his lifestyle. It was "a better look at who I'm going to be living with for the next eight to nine months," he said.

Teenagers don't always self-censor online; they may bully classmates, for example, or post risque photos of themselves or their peers.

"If you're not in the same place as the person, it just feels less personal; it's easier to do mean things," Steyer said. "It's almost simulated behavior. You can be risky and do riskier things in a digital context."

Yet there can be enormous consequences.

That alcohol-related post-prom picture? Someday an employer or college admission officer might come across it with a quick click on Google. Hitting delete to get rid of a questionable photo won't help. The digital imprint never goes away and could be flitting across computer screens around the world.

"Look, whether we like it or not, kids live in the 24/7 digital world," Steyer said. "It affects virtually every aspect of their lives."

Setting kids straight

Steyer's organization is starting a pilot program this fall to bring media literacy into public school classrooms. It'll take in everything from not using the cell phone at the dinner table to the dangers of posting personal information online. He's talking to San Francisco Unified about bringing it here.

But parents need some lessons too, he said.

It's a "playground with no parental supervision," said Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis, George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, who found in a study released earlier this year that 54 percent of teens demonstrate risky behavior online.

Just 4 percent of parents said their children check their sites more than 10 times a day, and only 2 percent said their teens have posted naked pictures, according to the poll released today.

"There's definitely not-my-kid syndrome," Steyer said.

San Francisco parent Michael Wise worries about his kids' online social networking.

"What worries me the most is that kids will give out information that should be kept private, thinking they may be doing so privately," said Wise, the father of three, including two teenage boys.

That information could include their address, phone number or when the family will be taking a long vacation.

"People forget that everything they say online is a public postcard," Wise said.

Georgetown-bound Wallace acknowledged that his peers aren't always smart about what they put online. Yet teens have always done silly or stupid things, he said. In the past, folks could just burn the negatives.

"Technology doesn't create new behaviors, it just may exploit them," he added.

Instead of worrying about the technology, adults and teens should focus on the underlying behaviors like bullying and binge drinking, Wallace said. He added that social-networking sites can be valuable, providing support and community - positive factors in a teenager's life.

But, he conceded, "it's definitely bad to put naked pictures of you online."

Teen social networking by the numbers

51 Percentage of teens who check their sites more than once a day.

22 Percentage who check their sites more than 10 times a day.

39 Percentage who have posted something they later regretted.

37 Percentage who have used the sites to make fun of other students.

25 Percentage who have created a profile with a false identity.

24 Percentage who have hacked into someone else's social networking account.

13 Percentage who have posted nude or seminude pictures or videos of themselves or others online.

Asian English Olympics 2014

It may happened a week ago but w are still proud of our achievement. no matter what happened, we are still the winner..

YEP !!!
this might be our first year participating in the competition but we did our best.

10 students from Seri Puteri Science Secondary School were chosen to represent the school in 6 fields such as SPEECH, DEBATE, SHORT-MOVIE MAKING, NEWSCASTING, STORYTELLING and  SCRABBLE. 

short-movie making

debate

speech

storytelling

newscasting

scrabble

despite the contestants' first time, they still manage to make the school proud of their achievement and they were able to beat the other participants from the other country with different ages and languages.

here are the results :

1. Speech - TOP 8 & TOP 20
2. STORYTELLING - TOP 8
3. NEWSCASTING - TOP 24 out of 56 contestants 
4. SHORT-MOVIE MAKING - TOP 4

most of the school representatives are able to get through the next round. 

beside their aim of winning the competition, 

the girls from SESERI had made a lot of new friends from different ages, religions, country, colours and sizes. 

whatever it is, they had made a lot of worthful memories that will be kept forever. 

they shared their smiles, tears and laughs together.

they went through the thick and thins together.

they kept supporting and helping each other no matter what happened. 

and that's what it is all about. 

it is not just about winning,

but it's about making friends,

creating memories 

and most importantily, 

STRENGTHENING THE BONDS. 

we might not go to the finals, \

we might not make it,

and we might not win the competitions ....

but ... .

WE DO WIN IN LIVE !!!

That's what AEO2014 was all about 

and 

WE 

DARE 

YOU 

TO 

JOIN

IT

NEXT

YEAR !! 

~bieber's~