Translation:
The Peace Run Came to My Country Last Week
Chen Xiaobing reports
Do you know what is the longest and largest peace run in history?
It is the Peace Run started by Sri Chinmoy in 1987. On the sixth day of autumn, after ten years, the Peace Run once again arrived in Singapore!
Founded by Sri Chinmoy, the Sri Chinmoy International Marathon Team travels to various countries every year to promote peace with the Peace Run, to date reaching more than 10,000 people on 7 continents around the world.
At least 400,000 kilometres have been run for peace.
In our country, the public reaction is also warmer than in past years. Last Saturday the weather was not beautiful, and as the ‘Peace Run’ was about to begin, it rained heavily. Cold water suddenly poured from the sky, before the more than 300 members of the public and organisers could reach the ceremony. Without waiting for the rain to stop, old and young alike ran the final metres.
This is the Peace Run’s second time in our country, this time logging a distance of about 11 kilometres. From the East Coast water park everyone ran back together, but the heavy rain covered them for 7 kilometres.
The people present that day did not know each other, but this is a non-competitive relay run. I saw everyone passing the Peace Torch one by one, while running and talking, making the cold morning overflow with warmth and friendship.
67 Years Old, Endless Power
Can a 67-year-old lift an elephant and an airplane?
This extraordinary man, self-taught from the heart, is not only a writer, a painter and a musician, but also an athlete — and especially, a messenger of peace.
Originally from India, Sri Chinmoy has a body weight of 143 pounds, yet in one evening he performed 33 lifts weighing a total of 92,000 pounds.
Last month he also showed his skills in New York, lifting a 31,000-pound airplane and three elephants with weights of over 5,000, 7,000 and 8,000 pounds.
This evening he is giving a Peace Concert at Orchard Parade Hotel in Singapore. For more information the telephone number is 7789768.
Captions:
He lifted an airplane of about 30,000 pounds at an airport in New York.
Sri Chinmoy (bottom right), 67, used a platform to lift an elephant of 8,000 pounds, 20 times his own body weight.
Published in Shin Min Daily News. Tuesday 12.22.1998
Shin Min Daily News is a Chinese-language afternoon newspaper based in Singapore.