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S'pore magician teleports from ground to rooftop of 50-storey building
By Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 August 2007 0427 hrs

 
 
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SINGAPORE : A Singapore magician has attempted what's believed to be the largest 'live' illusion staged in Southeast Asia - teleporting himself from the ground to the rooftop of a 50-storey building in just 5 seconds.

Over 5,000 spectators who turned up to watch the act were spellbound.

"It's unbelievable. It's amazing. It's fantastic to see this in Singapore," said one spectator.

"It's very amazing. If David Copperfield can do it, so can he," said another.

"I can't really tell you how I did it. But it’s a combination of several things, with the optical scientific principles involved. (But) I can tell you (there are) no twins, no clones. Technology is not so sophisticated yet; this is real, smart magical ingenious method," said illusionist JC Sum.

The magician took one year to devise the stunt and more than 10 years to master the skills to do it.

Judging by the thousands who turned up to watch him in action on Saturday, all his efforts were worth it.

The 30-year-old magician has more up his sleeves. He's planning another mega-illusion at the end of this year. - CNA /ls

 

 



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