• 3,818 taiji fitness enthusiasts gathered at YCK Stadium on 2.3.14 to break the Largest Taiji Display record

  • 584 personnel from the Officer Cadet School broke the record by doing 1,000 sit-ups simultaneously on 28.10.11

  • 10m-tall cardboard Christmas tree at Millenia Walk, 2015 

  • Woodgrove Sec created the Largest Montage Made Of Thumbtacks (3m x 3m) on 31.8.11 for Teacher’s Day

  • Cleo Magazine organised the largest mass photo shoot of 420 girls in swimsuits at Siloso Beach in 2008

  • Christmas at 112 Katong 2015 saw CJ the Bubble Girl enclosed 15 volunteers inside a giant soap bubble.

  • Taman Jurong CC & Ananda Bhavan Restaurant made the 97-cm murukku on 28.10.17

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First Outdoor Synthetic Ice Skating Rink

Smart Parents, one of Mediacorp’s magazines, organised a kids fiesta on 12-13 Mar 2016 at The Floating Platform. The key feature of the event was the 16m by 12m skating rink made of a hard polymer material that can withstand the skates. Skating shoes were also provided.  
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Building And Places

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) PUBLIC BUILDINGS First Government House Sir Stamford Raffles’ first residence on Bukit Larangan (now Fort Canning Hill) was designed by George D Coleman immediately after his arrival in Singapore. Completed in 1823, it was mostly made of timber and had a 100-ft frontage and a ...
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Short Film Produced In The Most Number of Languages

While still studying at SAE Institute’s Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Digital Film Making programme, Mathankumaran Madawan, 26, produced and directed a mysterious thriller outstandingly. Shot in 2014, ‘Belitter’ is a supernatural-themed film about a girl who has recently moved to a new house. While getting used to her new home, she experienced something uncanny that changed her life.
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World’s First To Mandate Labelling On Individual Cigarettes

Smoking in Singapore was first banned in buses, cinemas and theatres in Sep 1970 and it was extended to indoor locations which are frequented by most people on Aug 1977. Singapore was the first Asian country to ban tobacco advertisements in 1971. In 2009, Singapore became the first in the world to mandate compulsory labelling of all Singapore duty paid ...
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Arts And Entertainment

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) VOCALS First Local Record With An International Label The Crescendos were the very first Singapore group to sign a recording contract with an international record label, Philips, in 1963. The group was fronted by Susan Lim, who was described as Singapore’s first local superstar. The ...
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Sports

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) ARCHERY First Medallist In Archery World Cup Tan Silie won the men’s recurve in the Indoor Archery World Cup held in Singapore in Dec 2012. The indoor competition was with a distance of 18m. Tan was an NTU second-year student. Most Bemedalled Archer The most ...
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Health Care

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT First X-Ray Machine In 1898, the first x-ray machine arrived in Singapore, only 3 years after Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery. It was located at the Municipal Office, not the hospital. Only in 1913 was it installed at the General Hospital. First ECG Machine In ...
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