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Largest Collection Of Well Wishes On Wooden Tiles
The school got its name from Rosyth Road where it started in 1956. To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Rosyth School specially arranged for a company to cut wooden jigsaw puzzle pieces to form the word ‘RS60’. 2,625 pieces of the tiles were distributed to students and staff to write their wishes for the school. These were reassembled, framed and hung outside the school hall on ... Read More »
Largest Number Of Golfers Teeing Off Simultaneously At A Golf Course
Great Eastern Life marked its 108th anniversary with its golfers teeing off simultaneously at Keppel Club at 1.08pm on 5 Oct 2016. 108 golf balls successfully crossed the 100-yard lines from the tee boxes. The new record was organised by the Great Eastern Life Planners Association. Read More »
First Singaporean World Champion Of Public Speaking
Darren Tay Wen Jie, a 27-year-old lawyer took the top spot at the World Championship of Public Speaking in Washington, DC, on 20 Aug 2016. The championship has been held by Toastmasters International since 1938, with a two-year break during World War II. 30,000 competitors from the global network of clubs promoting public speaking competed at their local levels before 90 best speakers ... Read More »
First Full Length Singapore Movie Screened At The UN Association Film Festival
Under the Turban, produced by husband-and-wife duo, Satinder Garcha and Harpreet Bedi, was chosen from 700 entries to make its world premiere at the 19th UN Association Film Festival on 20 Oct 2016. They’re the first Singaporeans to have a feature-length work screened at one of the oldest documentary festivals in the US. The film came about after the couple’s young daughter Zara questioned them ... Read More »
