Youngest Gold Medallist At Commonwealth Games
Li Li became Singapore’s youngest Commonwealth Games gold medallist when she clinched the women’s badminton singles title at the 17th Games in Manchester in 2002 at the age of 19. Li began formal badminton training at eight and joined the national badminton squad when she was 14. Read More »
First Asian To Win All-England Cup And Thomas Cup
Wong Peng Soon (1918-1996) was the first Asian to win the All-England Championships 4 times from 1950 to 1952 and in 1955. His consecutive wins from 1950-1952 gave him the privilege of retaining the All-England Cup. In 1948, his team was the first to win the Thomas Cup, the first world-class badminton tournament. He was also the undisputed singles champion ... Read More »
Largest National Flag Made Of Cultured Milk Bottles
Iman Kindergartens’ K2 graduation ceremony was held at Orchid Country Club on 22 Nov 2015. The backdrop of the children’s performances was a 5.4m by 3.6m Singapore flag made of Yakult bottles. Weeks before the event, the students from the 11 Iman branches and a training centre collected Yakult bottles and painted them red and white. A total of 5,280 bottles were used ... Read More »
Largest Word Formation Made Of Tissue Boxes
To promote community cohesiveness and share on crime prevention, the Singapore Police Force organised an engagement day on 22 Nov 2015 for the crime prevention teams of the Delta division constituencies. Held in the hall of Tanglin Secondary School, 401 tissue boxes measuring 2.2m by 8.2m were displayed to form the words: ‘Everyone can play a part in crime prevention.’ Read More »
Largest Mass Qigong Display
North West CDC managed to gather 4,696 people for an early morning qigong exercise at the Singapore Turf Club for a charitable cause. For every participant who joined in the event, Tong Seng Produce pledge to donate 5kg of its Songhe Rice to help needy families in the North West region. Each participant also went home with 1 kg of the rice on ... Read More »
