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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - The 3rd Malaysia International Youth Exchange (MIYE-3) Programme with the theme: "Culture through Social Innovation" is designed to accelerate youth networking in the realm of socio-cultural community pillar. It's platform is to strengthen friendship and cooperation among ASEAN young talent. MIYE-3 is a program by the Committee for ASEAN Youth Cooperation (CAYC) and Malaysian Youth Council (MYC) in collaboration with International Youth Centre (IYC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia held in conjunction with the 2016 Malaysia National Youth Day Celebration.

The 3-day programme was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13-15 May 2016 and was participated by the seven (7) ASEAN member countries namely: Malaysia, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia. 

In the Philippines, a total of five (5) delegates were chosen to be the Ambassador of Goodwill to represent the Filipino youth in the said programme. The two (2) delegates, Tina Hipolito and Raymond Fajardo come from the Quezon City, while Marisse Galera, KC Derequito and Jesse Guinto are from the cities of Makati, Iloilo and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, respectively.

The key highlights of the programme include; the cultural performance of each country held at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), KL walk, cultural diversity workshop and the Malaysia National Youth Day celebration held also at the UPM, Serdang.

The cultural performance of each country was materialized very lively and interactively. Each participating country got a chance to showcase their traditional/cultural performance clothed in their respective national costumes. Despite the scorching hot atmosphere, all delegates were enthusiastic to participate and bring pride to their countries. The KL walk on the other hand, mesmerized all of us as we see the high rise contemporary buildings in the backdrops. Most especially when we saw the actual view of the Petronas Twin Towers.

The cultural diversity workshop held at the Teacher Training Institute in Kuala Lumpur gave us the chance to experience playing Malay percussion instruments such as bonang and gendang. The other delegates got a chance to perform a Malay traditional dance called joget and kompang. 

At the UPM, Serdang, we graced our presence to witness the Malaysia National Youth day celebration. Present in the event is the Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi where he announced that the Malaysia government is set to provide RM500 million to fund numerous youth development programs and entrepreneurship handled by agencies.  Zahid said that as future leaders, the youth must be given more opportunities in numerous fields such us politics. He added that the strength of the young today is not only measured by their spirit but should be interpreted through hard work and cooperation regardless of their backgrounds. Also present were Youth and Sports Minster Khairy Jamaluddin, his deputy Datuk M. Saravanan and Malaysian Youth Council president Muam'mar Ghadafi Jamal.