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Largest Rice Art Display
Blue Cross Charitable Institution was established in 1942 by some local temples during the Japanese Occupation to take care of the diseased, homeless and unattended corpses. Today it continues its services towards the disadvantaged and the destitute. For its 75th anniversary celebration, brown and white rice were used to create the portrait of Song Dafeng (born in AD1039) who was a Chinese ... Read More »
Strongest Quantum Levitation Effect On A Hoverboard
One of the key properties of a superconductor is that it is repelled by a magnetic field and hence floats above it, in a process known as quantum levitation. In a final-year project of the Singapore Polytechnic School of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, the students built a hoverboard strapped to a box containing 6 pieces of YBCO discs. Below the ... Read More »
Most Number Of Mediums In A Trance At One Location
Tien Sen Tua Temple hosted the International Baogong Cultural Heritage on 12 Nov 2017 in honour of the celebrated Justice Bao. Temple mediums and worshippers from all over Singapore as well abroad, gathered to learn and prayed to the Song dynasty judge. In small batches, a total of 75 mediums went into trance, Read More »
Longest Thoranam
Members of 11 IAECs in the Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas SMC helped to make short sections of thoranam, a Tamil hanging decoration made of coconut leaf blades and flowers. The sections were combined to form a 688m length for the GRC/SMC’s Deepavali celebration at Serangoon Road on 12 Nov 2017. Read More »
Largest Mobile Skills Workshop For Senior Citizens
Pei Chin Public School and its Alumni Association organised a workshop entitled ‘Ah Gong Ah Ma @ Smart Nation’ at its school hall on 12 Nov 2017. Alumni members and other public volunteers showed the elderly how to use apps like Whatsapp, My Transport, Healthy365, Zaobao and to scan QR codes. A total of 245 participated in the workshop. Read More »
