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 ... Read More »
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. Read More »
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 ... Read More »
Largest Mosaic Made Of Straw Hearts
To commemorate the school’s Diamond Jubilee, Anglican High School set the record for the largest straw heart mosaic on 12 Mar 2016. Over a few weeks prior to that day, close to 30,000 hearts were folded from drinking straws and pasted on a board measuring 10.2m by 2m. The straw mosaic was unveiled at the school’s indoor sports halls witnessed ... Read More »
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 »
