Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The Southeast Asian Games owes its origins to the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games or SEAP which was first (23) _____________ in Thailand in 1959. At the first time only six countries participated in the games. Laung Sukhumnaioradit, the then Vice-President of the Thailand Olympic Committee. Proposed that a regional sports (24) _____________ would help promote cooperation, understanding and relations among countries in the Southeast Asian region.

At the 8th SEAP Games in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered the inclusion of Indonesia and (25) _____________Philippines. The two countries were formally attended in 1977, the same year (26) _____________ SEAP Federation changed its name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and the games were known (27) _____________the Southeast Asian Games. Brunei was admitted at the 10th SEA Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, and East Timor at the 22nd SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.