Indus Motor Company (IMC) on Thursday organised a regional event of the sixth nationwide Toyota “Dream Car Art Contest”. Over 290 schools across the country participated in this nationwide contest including schools for special children. A total of 27 art works, 9 from each region (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore), would be selected out of approximately 13,000 entries by children less than 10 years, 10 to 12 years and 13 to 15 years. Out of the 27 regional winners, the best 15 art works will be short listed and sent to Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan for inclusion in the World Dream Car Art Contest.
Minister to the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad Akira Kono was the chief guest of the ocassion while renowned celebrities Jamal Shah and Leila Zuberi also participated in the ceremony.
CEO Indus Motor Company, Parvez Ghias said that IMC has been organising the “Dream Car Art Contest” for the last six years to promote creativity and to give opportunities to children to express their dreams. He said that this programme is part of the global Toyota initiative aimed at developing Toyota brand awareness, affinity and association among young people who use their imagination to draw a “Future Dream Car”.
Jamal Shah and Leila Zuberi appreciated the Indus Motor Company’s initiative to hold this kind of contest for promoting creativity and for giving opportunities to Pakistani children to express their dreams.
This was the 2nd mega event of this nationwide contest. The first event of this series was held at Karachi on January 19, 2012 in which 9 best art works were selected while the third event would be held in Lahore tomorrow on 2nd March 2012. The final World Dream Car Art Contest will be held in Japan in the mid of June 2012. Over 120,000 art works are expected to be received in the world contest from 80 countries across the globe. Finally, 30 best art works would be selected in the world contest and their creators will be invited to Japan.
