Four out of 10 Singaporeans who took the plunge last year married foreigners, creating an emerging trend of cross-frontier matrimony as local women continue to dodge Cupid’s arrows.WHEN the tight-fisted government gives away anything resembling free money, people here sit up. Such things rarely happen.
In an effort to encourage 75,000 singles to wed, it is subsidising 90% of their dating costs worth some S$500 (RM1,166) each.
The state’s matchmakers, who began operation in 1984, are doing this for a crucial objective – to raise matrimonial rates. Full story
