B. Read the passage carefully, decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F), and then answer the questions.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999. ASEAN covers a land area of 4 million km2, 3% of the total land area of earth. It has a population of more than 600 million people, or 8.8% of the world's population. In 2012, its  combined nominal GDP had grown to more than US$ 2.3 trillion.

The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are to

accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region and to

promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter. The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies.

True or false?

ASEAN consists of ten South East Asian countries.