• 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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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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Fastest-Growing Country Through Land Reclamation

Singapore holds the Guinness record for ‘Fastest-Growing Country Through Land Reclamation’. In 1965 the island nation was 581.5 sq km. By end 2015, it stood at 719.1 sq km, a growth of 24 percent. The time-lapsed Google map below shows the growth from 1984 to now.  
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World’s Fastest Flyer

Lately it seems like not a week goes by without news of young Singaporeans winning all manner of international competitions. Most recently, indoor skydiver Kyra Poh (who is just 14) has not only been flying the flag high, she herself is literally flying high, soaring and swooping up two gold medals and a silver at the 2017 Wind Games in ...
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Transport

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) EARLIEST ROAD TRANSPORT First Roads The earliest roads were laid out in the Jackson Plan in 1822. A grid system was adopted for the town with roads for carriages being 16 yards wide, and those for horses four yards wide. First Street Gas Lamps Gas ...
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Most Number Of People Assembling Kites Together

The Down Syndrome Association turned 20 and it celebrated with a kite-themed carnival, as its logo suggests, at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on 27 Feb 2016. 668 people assembled their own kites and stood in a kite formation. Straits Times report.
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Largest Rummy-O Tournament

Braddell Heights Active Ageing Committee and Senior Citizens’ Executive Committee organised an open Rummy-O competition on 28 Feb 2016 at the CC. 188 participants occupying 47 tables played 8 games each and the one with the best score was declared winner.
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Education

(Images and illustrations may be available when you place your cursor over the record title.) PRE-SCHOOL Largest Kindergarten St James’ Church Kindergarten at Harding Road was established in 1977. It has over 800 children in its enrolment. Pre-School With Most Rigorous Teacher Training MindChamps, founded by David Chiem in 2002, is the only preschool internationally known to make it mandatory ...
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