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 ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
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. Read More »
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 ... Read More »
