Author Archives: Shirley
First Olympic Gold Medallist
Joseph Schooling holds the most men’s swimming records in Singapore, including all three butterfly records. He won the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with a time of 50.39 sec. His other medals include one Asian Games gold and 23 SEA Games golds. In 2009, at age 14, he joined the Bolles School in Florida to better his swimming and in 2014, ... Read More »
Top Paralympics Medallist
In Sep 2012, Laurentia Tan, 33, won a silver medal in the Individual Freestyle Test (1a) and a bronze in the Dressage Individual Championship Test (1a) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. In Sep 2008, she won 2 bronze medals in Hong Kong for the Beijing Paralympics. Tan developed cerebral palsy and profound deafness after birth, and moved to ... Read More »
Most Number Of People Playing Pick-Up Sticks
At Pasir Ris-Punggol One Community Fiesta on 19 Nov 2016, 172 people gathered at a specially set-up tent to play an old school game of pick-up sticks. Participants formed groups of two, three or four for the challenge. The game and other activities were meant to bring the young and old together and the different communities closer. The event was held outside Riviera ... Read More »
Longest Namecard Chain
CPA Australia, Singapore Accountancy Commission and Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants celebrated their fifth annual International Accountants Day at Gardens by the Bay on 10 Nov 2016. Prior to the event, the organisers collected more than 3,000 corporate namecards and stapled them to a bunting. The namecard chain which measured 350m was used to decorate the tents at the event ... Read More »
World’s Largest Mind Map
The Mind-Mapping Festival kicked off with the unveiling of a mind map drawn by students from a number of schools on 13 Nov 2007 at SIM. The 10.3m x 14.6m map was the world’s largest, certified by Raymond Keene, International Arbiter of Mental World Records. Read More »
