Author Archives: Shirley
Largest Barefoot Race
Clementi Town Secondary School organised its annual cross-country run at Japanese Garden on 5 Aug 2015. 1,085 participants ran 200m barefoot before completing the 3.3-km route with their shoes on. The barefoot run was to remind everyone that there are many living in poverty and cannot afford shoes. In the previous months, the school collected more than 500 pairs of shoes to be donated ... Read More »
Largest Word Formation Made Of Photos
Woodgrove Sports Mega Park was one of the 82 locations where National Day Observance Ceremony was held. Many people turned up on the morning of 9 Aug 2015 to take part in the ceremony. One of the highlights of the event was a huge display of residents’ photos to form the words ‘Woodgrove Celebrates SG50’. Over 3,000 photos were used in the 11m by ... Read More »
Largest Gathering Of People With Tattoos
National Day dinner for residents of Pasir Ris-Punggol was held at Punggol Central on 8 Aug 2015. To make this a unique experience, everyone present were encouraged to put on the SG50 temporary tattoo stickers. Within an hour, 3,222 people were counted to have cooperated and had the tattoos on their hands and faces. Read More »
Most Number Of People Playing Lighted Tambourines
At the Marsiling National Day dinner celebration, 1,568 people were all excited when they were told to take out their tambourines from their goodie bags. In harmony, they shaked their LED lighted tambourines, danced and sang along to the song ‘Shalalala’. The event was held on 7 Aug 2015 at the new sports park located next to Marsiling CC. Read More »
Longest Bunting Made Of Used Plastic Bags
Juying Primary School students collected grocery poly bags, cut them into triangles and decorated them with the SG50 theme. The plastic triangles were brought to school and linked to form a 248m long bunting. It was hung across the school building in time for the school National Day celebration on 6 Aug 2015. Read More »
