Highest Taekwondo Grades Achieved
Lim Teong Chin is the only athlete to achieve an eighth dan in taekwondo, as recognised by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, the World Taekwondo Federation and Kukkiwon. Wong Liang Ming is the highest-ranked female athlete with a seventh dan. Read More »
First Asian Games Sailing Gold Medallist
Benedict Tan won the sailing gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima. The young doctor was so well ahead of his competitors in the Laser class, that he didn’t even have to sail the final race. He was also the first recipient of a S$250,000-cash award under the SNOC’s Multi Million Dollar Award Programme. Tan was awarded Sportsman ... Read More »
Most Number Of People Doing Action Songs Together
The Pri 4 – Sec 4 students of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School had their Fun Run at the Sports Hub on 24 Jul 2015. After the run, 2,018 students sang a series of popular local songs with well synchronised actions against the city skyline as backdrop. Read More »
Most Number Of People Playing Eraser Battle
1,525 pupils, parent volunteers, teachers and non-teaching staff of Woodlands Ring Primary School celebrated Racial Harmony Day on 21 Jul 2015. Donned in different ethnic costumes, everyone joined in a friendly game of eraser battle. Each player started off with five erasers. The objective of the game is to win as many erasers as possible by flipping one’s eraser until it ... Read More »
Largest Flaming Image Made Of Tealights
‘Rhythms in Unity’ is an Indian cultural gathering regularly organised by the Ang Mo Kio GRC & Sengkang West SMC IAECs. Anchorvale CC IAEC hosted this year’s event and in celebration of SG50, had decided that something historic should be carried out. 38,300 tealights were lighted, stretching 14.4m by 5.2m, on 11 Jul 2015. Read More »
