Thursday, August 31, 2017

Happenings: Two Malaysian Children Entered The Toyota Dream Car Art Global Contest 2017 Finals With One Garnering A Silver Award



UMW Toyota Sdn Bhd (UMWT), the official distributor of Toyota in Malaysia would like us to announce that two young and bright Malaysian children were selected out of 830,000 entries from 79 countries all over the world in Toyota Dream Car Art Global Contest that was held in Japan recently. 7 year old, Miss Choo Han Yean, and Miss Lim Xiao Yun, 11 years of age (who won the silver award) were selected after the Malaysian round and represented our country over in Japan, doing us proud.



Toyota Dream Car Art contest was first introduced in 2004 to give children around the world the opportunity to feel the importance of having a dream and an occasion to develop their interest in cars. In the case of Miss Lim (pictured above- second from left), her dream car artwork was under the theme “My Save Our Earth Dream Car” which had the aim of protecting the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Wow, what a dream.

I kinda liked her remarks. She stated that “Without the protection of the ozone layer, biodiverse life will not be possible on earth but my dream car will protect the ozone belt. Our earth also faces other threats, but my
dream car with its futuristic technology will divert meteorites and waste material falling off from the sky.”. Ambitious. Very ambitious.

Anyway, congratulations is in order. Especially since coming out tops against 830,000 people is a big feat, especially if you're seven and eleven. Hey, 7-11. 

So if any of you are parents to children who you think have talent, the Dream Car Art Contest 2018 will be introduced very soon, and interested participants can be on the look out for the announcement via UMW Toyota Motor’s website and facebook account by early November 2017.

TOYOTA DREAM CAR ART GLOBAL CONTEST 2017

‘Imagination and Innovation through dream car art contest’

SHAH ALAM, 28 August 2017 - Two young and bright Malaysian children with innovative
ideas were selected out of 830,000 entries from 79 countries all over the world in Toyota
Dream Car Art Global Contest that was held in Japan.

Miss Lim Xiao Yun, made Malaysia proud by winning the silver award category in the
ceremony held at Mega Web, Toyota’s vehicle experience facility in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on
23 rd August 2017.

Toyota Dream Car Art contest was first introduced in 2004 to give children around the world
the opportunity to feel the importance of having a dream and an occasion to develop their
interest in cars. The artwork submitted this year were highly regarded by the panel of judges
and the winning selections were made under the guidance of President Akio Toyoda,
Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation.

The dream car art competition is open to 3 categories of young participants. After the
selection process, 30 junior artists with innovative and futuristic dream car ideas, 10 each
from the three categories were chosen for the global competition. The Toyota Dream Car
Art event is also dubbed as a world largest art contest.

The contest primarily aims at encouraging children’s involvement from every nook and
corner of the globe to share ideas on future mobility by expressing their creative thoughts
through art form, by drawing their dream cars.

Amidst intense competition, 2 winners emerged in Malaysia as finalists for the world contest,
one is a young 7 year old, Miss Choo Han Yean, and the other is the silver award winner
Miss Lim Xiao Yun, 11 years of age. Both finalists qualified to the coveted global event in
Japan.

Miss Lim developed a dream car art under the theme “My Save Our Earth Dream Car” which
aimed at protecting the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. She remarked
that “Without the protection of the ozone layer, biodiverse life will not be possible on earth
but my dream car will protect the ozone belt. Our earth also faces other threats, but my
dream car with its futuristic technology will divert meteorites and waste material falling off
from the sky.”

Mr. Ravindran K., the President of UMW Toyota Motor, expressed his happiness over the
selection of 2 Malaysian children for the global competition and congratulated them for their
diligence and perseverance.

He also said “The young mind is a fertile workshop for new creative ideas. The Toyota
Dream Car Art Contest promotes the engagement of the innovative minds. This year saw
many keen participants and we are extremely proud that young Malaysians are very talented
and futuristic in their thoughts.”

The Dream Car Art Contest 2018 will be introduced very soon, and interested participants
can be on the look out for the announcement via UMW Toyota Motor’s website and facebook
account in early November 2017.

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