SEAP games to SEA games

Asians in general, particularly those living in South East Asia, are familiar with the Olympiad and ASIAN Games. Both are high ranking achievements which are hard for people to reach.
To cope with this lag in the field of sports, brotherhood, and mutual understanding an effort has been promoted among all nations of South East Asia by holding the South East Asia Peninsule Games (SEAP Games) in 1959.
The promoters were Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Malaya (now colled Malaysia), Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. The organization responsible for this event was the SEAP Council of the National Olympiad Committee of each South East Asian Country. The SEAP Games were held once every two years between the ASIAN Games and Olympiad. The main events were athletics and swimming.
Its flag is white wìth its symbol in the centre. The symbol is 6 circles linked to one another.
In 1975, Malaysia - the host of the SEAP Games - proposed that Indonesia and the Philippines be accepted as members of the SEAP Games.
Indonesia and the Philippines were accepted to be the members in 1977. Having been accepted, the name of the SEAP Games was changed to the SEA Games.