The New Paper Big Walk is a mass-participation walking event held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on May 21, 2000 at the Singapore National Stadium to mark the 10th anniversary.
The 10 kilometer walk takes an estimated 3 hours to complete and usually starts from its traditional starting point, Singapore National Stadium at 6 o'clock in the morning.
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