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Fastest 100-Km Walk Around Singapore
R Subramaniam, 56, a competitive walking athlete, walked a distance of 103.6 km in 18 hours 47 minutes. He started on 1 Feb 2020 at Punggol Park, going to Changi, ECP, Keppel, Boon Lay, Bukit Timah and ended at Plaza Singapura on 2 Feb. The walk was sponsored by Gayatri Restaurant and he was accompanied by Malaysian Suresh Kumar. Read More »
Largest Chinese Character Made Of Heart-Shaped Notes
Yuan Ching Secondary School celebrated Chinese New Year with performances by students, staff members, parents and its alumni. Before the event on 24 Jan 2020, students were given red heart-shaped paper to write their wishes. The hearts were pasted on a board to form the ‘fu’ (福) character measuring 2.26m by 2.37m. Read More »
Largest Demonstration Of Rouliqiu
Rouliqiu, or originally referred as Taiji Rouliqiu (太极柔力球) combines the principles of taiji and sports by manoeuvring a ball gracefully with a racket. Marking its 100th anniversary, Poi Ching School arranged for 100 students and staff to do a 5-min display of this new art form. The occasion on 24 Jan 2020 was also the school’s Lunar New Year celebration. Read More »
Longest Batik By A Group
Wisma Geylang Serai celebrated its first anniversary with many live performances and having the public to paint the longest batik ever seen in Singapore. Over 3 days ending on 19 Jan 2020, 1,500 visitors helped to achieve 550m of the ancient painting style where designs on fabric are created using wax. Kamal Arts managed the community project by using a contraption with curtain ... Read More »
Largest Trove Of Calligraphy Iterations
Merlin Gallery’s director, Johnny Quek, has been practising Chinese calligraphy since a tender age. In the last 20 years, the 72-year-old Quek has been bundling up his works and storing them away in a warehouse. The trove of his works stacked up to 2.7m by 1.3m and 1.6m high. It weighed 2.2 tons. On 17 Jan 2020, a selection of ... Read More »
