Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Sau Dau salad (neem salad) from An Giang province, Vietnam set a record in Asia Book of Records for the unique Sau Dau Salad Dish. Neem salad is a traditional local cuisine that is also a wonderful health cure. The primary components of neem salad are neem leaves, dried snakehead fish, boiled bacon, cucumber, tomato, pineapple, mango, and other vegetables, as well as herbs, coriander, crushed peanuts, and chili garlic sauce. The record was confirmed on August 16, 2022.

Dr Jane Goodall of Britain, set a record for the longest-running wild primate study on chimpanzees. She is a primatologist and anthropologist who began the study at her Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania when she was 26 years old. The study will celebrate its 63rd anniversary on July 14, 2023, as confirmed on May 11, 2023.

ERA Realty Network, Singapore, set a record by organising an initiative where maximum online sustainability pledges were made in a day. As many as 1,968 pledges were made by participants who were there at its Asia Pacific Business Conference to partake in the government’s Green Nation pledge, as confirmed on May 11, 2023.

Sims Place, Drive Stallholders & Shop Owners Association, Kolam Ayer Sims Vista RC of Singapore and Chinese wind-percussion ensemble Reverberance of Singapore, set a record by organising the largest musical flash mob. A total of 98 participants took part in the flash mob at Sims Vista Market and Food Centre, including members of the public who were provided with Chinese drums, as confirmed on May 12, 2023.

Utkarsh Soni (born on January 16, 2005) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for being the youngest licenced skydiver. He received USPA- A Licence (A-108227 on March 15, 2023) from Dropzone Thailand at the age of 18 years, 1 month and 30 days, as confirmed on April 12, 2023.

Students of Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, Singapore, set a record of making the largest word creation from biscuit packets. The students created the words ‘Thank You Mr Shaw!’ measuring  14.4 m x 6.1 m, with biscuit packages brought from their homes for donation to Food Bank Singapore for surprising their school principal, on his last day of school collection, as confirmed on May 12, 2023.

Jashwanth R. (born on July 13, 2014) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to perform four activities simultaneously. He performed 300 hula hoop spins around the waist, solved Pyraminx Rubik’s Cubes (3×3 and 2×2); and mentally calculated 13 multiplication sums (3 digits x 1 digit) in 2 minutes and 57 seconds, while simultaneously standing on an inverted earthen pot, at the age of 8 years, 6 months and 26 days, as confirmed on February 8, 2023.

Community Arts and Culture Club and residents of Bukit Batok East, Singapore, set a record for making the tallest Christmas tree made of origami pieces. The participants folded origamis from large pieces of thick green paper and assembled them into a 2.18 m tall Christmas tree with a diameter of 1.77 m, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.

Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel and Community Chest, Singapore set a record for making the largest heart design made of bread and butter pudding. They used 450 boxes of their signature bread-and-butter pudding and arranged the dessert in the shape of a 5.1 m x 4.2 m heart, during their Heart for Charity drive, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.

Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) beneficiaries of Singapore, set a record for the maximum number of people participating in a cajon playing relay. A total of 1,013 people played the Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ together in a 6-hour relay at Nanyang JC,Singapore, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.