The Malaysian Insider, 6 Jun 2012
SINGAPORE, July 6 — As policymakers review ways to get more Singaporeans hitched and having babies, the latest statistics showed a rebound in marriage rates after hitting a low in 2010.
Last year, 27,258 marriages were registered – an increase of nearly 12 per cent from the previous year, with one in four comprising one or both partners remarrying, and the rest made up of first-timers.
But the upswing in marriages was accompanied by a rise in divorces and annulments – up 3.6 per cent from 2010 to 7,604 last year, according to the Statistics on Marriages and Divorces report released yesterday. Full story