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World’s Largest Display Of Rice Dumplings
Goh Joo Hin Pte Ltd, Central CDC and Jurong Junior College worked together to break the Guinness record held by Hong Kong. On 13 Jul 2003, a total of 13,192 rice dumplings were used to form the one-metre tall structure with sides 3.88m by 3.69m by 3.62m. The dumplings were later distributed to charity homes in the Central district. The record has ... Read More »
World’s Largest Acrylic Panel
When the SEA Aquarium opened in 2012, it has the world’s largest acrylic panel. The panel at the Ocean Gallery in the aquarium measures 36m wide by 8.3m tall and weighs more than 250,000 kg. Its surface area is equivalent to two rows of three double-decker buses stacked on top of one another. The Guangzhou Grandview Ocean World, opened in 2015, ... Read More »
Most Number Of People Eating Popiah Together
Staff of Procter and Gamble took an hour’s break from work, gathering at their conference room to celebrate National Day on 19 Aug 2016. 358 personnel collected a popiah each and ate the Singaporean dish together. Read More »
First Person To Have Eaten At Every Singapore Hawker Centre
Austin Shiner manages alumni affairs at Yale-NUS College. Since he came to Singapore 5 years ago, he has been obsessed with hawker food. After his first visit to Old Airport Road Food Centre on 19 Sep 2011, he set himself on a mission to eat at least one meal in every public hawker centre in Singapore, keeping a detailed log ... Read More »
Most Number Of Maritime Flags Connected On A Line
The Singapore Navy 188 Squadron celebrated its 30 anniversary at the Tuas Naval Base on 18 Aug 2016. It was also the 25th anniversary for 3 of its ships: RSS Valiant, RSS Vigour and RSS Vengeance. To mark the occasion, a 191m line of maritime flags were stringed around the 3 missile corvettes. 188 maritime flags made up the line which also spelled out the ... Read More »
