YeinJee's Asian Journal » City of Nanchang http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Singapore Flyer http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-singapore-flyer/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-singapore-flyer/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:59:47 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=123 The Singapore Flyer, the world’s largest observation wheel, was officially opened on yesterday (April 15) by Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long.

The Singapore Flyer
The Singapore Flyer (Image from Flyer’s official website)

Located at Marina Bay, the Singapore Flyer comprises a 150-metre-diameter wheel and a total height of 165 metres (equivalent to ~ 42 stories high), which is about 30m taller than the famous London Eye and 5m taller than the previous record holder, The Star of Nanchang in Jiangxi, China.

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