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Longest Duration Balancing A Seated Person On A Chair Leg
Parkway Parade brought in Rocky Byun, the balancing extraordinaire, from South Korea to perform from 10-19 Jun 2016 at the mall. On 9 Jun, he picked a member of the public, Nani Salam, seated and balanced her on one of the chair’s legs for 11.8 sec. Byun has been practising his art for the last 10 years. Read More »
Largest Marble Cake
The Bukit Batok Fiesta on 5 Jun 2016 held at Bukit Batok St 21 was also the launch of the ‘Community-With-A Heart’ welfare programme. Bengawan Solo sponsored a 1.2m by 2.2m marble cake for the SMC event and everyone present shared at least one slice of the scrumptious cake. Read More »
Tallest Balloon Sculpture
25,550 balloons were used to build Singapore’s tallest balloon sculpture towering 15.5m from an Amazon jungle to a hot-air balloon at White Sands Mall. The maze-like jungle measured 14.2m by 6.3m. The full balloon show was on from 21 May to 26 May 2016. The hot-air balloon sculpture was displayed for 30 days from 27 Apr, qualifying for another Singapore record – ... Read More »
World’s Largest Dome Structure
The National Stadium at Singapore Sports Hub, rebuilt on the site of the former National Stadium opened in June 2014. With a diameter of 312 metres and a 55,000 capacity, it is the world’s largest dome structure, leaving the Cowboys Stadium in Texas behind. The stadium also sports a huge retractable roof and a flexible interior layout that can host ... Read More »
World’s Largest Freshwater Aquarium
The river-themed zoo and aquarium, River Safari, opened in 2013. Its Amazon Flooded Forest exhibit feature the largest freshwater aquarium in the world with 2,000 cubic metre of water and a viewing window of 22m by 4m, which can be viewed from various levels. Read More »
