Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Oil painter Mr. Wang Shuping (China), member of the Heilongjiang branch of the Chinese Artists Association, exhibited a coral themed painting measuring 17.82 m in length and 0.98 meters in height, in May 2010, in Daqing Petrochemical Company (China). Pacific coral theme depicts the original appearance of the seabed.

Asian Rapunzel, Xie Qiuping (China) has the longest hair measuring 5.627 meter (18 ft 5.54 in), as on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973, at the age of 13.

Art of Living Foundation, Kerala Chapter (India), organized an event wherein a total of 150 participants performed Kathakali dance at Putharikkandam Grounds in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (India), on February 12, 2011. The attempt also included 15 musicians.

A luxurious five bedrooms flat of a residential building located on 39 Conduit Road in Hong Kong, was sold for $57m (HK$439 million), with each sq foot costing $9,200. The 6,158 sq ft (557 sq metres) flat is on the 68th floor of its block and was sold by Henderson Land Development.

Kompas, the daily newspaper in Indonesia started by Kompas-Gramedia Group on June 28, 1965, is the first daily newspaper to be issued on ipad in Asia. Kompas uses WoodWing´s Digital Magazine Tools to publish daily issues on the iPad.

Ryo Ishikawa (Japan) became the youngest golfer to win a professional tournament when he won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age of 15 years and 245 days, on May 20, 2007, at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club, Okayama, Japan.

Art of Living Foundation, India, organized an event in which 1,094 participants participated in the largest sitar ensemble, on November 21, 2008, in Noida (India).

Abdul Latif Mahmoud Saadiq (Qatar) performed a total of 132 push-ups (using the back of his hands) in one minute, in Doha, Qatar, on November 20, 2009.

SCP Group (China) in Shenzhen, China created the largest glow-in-the-dark painting measuring 104.18 m² (1,121 ft² 55 in²). The painting measures 21.09 m (69 ft 2 in) in length and 4.94 m (16 ft 2 in) in width and it consists of 20 canvases attached to each other. 66 kg of paint (water based fluorescent solvent) was used for the painting. Each painting was done by 200 participants between March 10, 2012 and March 19, 2012 in 10 shopping malls managed by SCP Group in 10 different cities, with a view to promote the Earth Hour on 31 March 2012…

Atithi Gautam K.C., daughter of Uddhab K. C., renowned Singer of Nepal, became the youngest singer at the age of 3, after her solo album entitled “Atithi”, consisting of 9 songs along with the Nepalese National Anthem, got released at the Nepal Tourism Board, in the year 2009.