When the Filipino athletes plunge into action in the 29th Southeast Asian Games a week from now, they will, actually, be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the country’s admission to the athletic aggrupation of the now 11-nation conclave.

The Philippines, along with Indonesia, was admitted into the Southeast Asian Games Federation fold on February 5, 1977 transforming what was then called the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games to what is now SEA Games. Eight months later on October 10 that same year Brunei joined the Federation, raising the member countries from seven to 10. East Timor was accepted a few years later.

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