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[Guest mr X]

Cupid gets a new name

Singles will get subsidies to sample dating activities

IF YOU are single, a Singaporean or Permanent Resident, and aged 20 and above, the Government is offering to offset some of your dating costs.

The Social Development Network (SDN) - the new name of the combined Social Development Unit-Social Development Service (SDU-SDS), it was announced this morning - is giving a one-time subsidy of $25 to singles who are trying out dating sampler packages for the first time.

Singles have 10 packages, put together by nine accredited dating agencies, to choose from. Though the packages are each worth between $64 and $502, singles need only pay $50 to get a taste of the dating activities, with the rest of the cost absorbed by the agencies.

The packages include grooming courses, dating consult-ation and networking events as well as tours, such as to the Old Parliament House.

Singles will also no longer have to pay registration fees to access SDN's basic services. These include access to the agency's online communication platform, magazine and information on events planned by SDN and its partners.

Prior to this, singles paid $10 for a year's membership, and SDN hopes the fee waiver will get more on board - there are about 350,000 people in the potential pool of singles aged between 25 and 44 - to widen their social circles.

Around 75,000 singles who signed up with SDU-SDS previously will enjoy the dating samplers for free. The first 1,000 non-members who sign up with SDN will also get them for free.

The moves, announced by Minister of State (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Yu-Foo Yee Shoon at the Partner Connection Trade Seminar this morning, come as the trend of people not marrying or marrying at a later age, especially among women, continues to grow.

According to the population trends report released last month, the median age of citizens at first marriage increased from 28.3 to 29.7 years for males, and from 25.7 to 27.1 years for females, between 1998 and 2008.

SDN's latest makeover continues a revamp which began in 2006. Then, the agency established an accreditation framework for the private dating agencies and practitioners to encourage industry players to enhance standards.

Nine dating agencies and 13 dating practitioners have been given the stamp of approval. Earlier this year, SDU and SDS merged to give members greater access to more singles.

Describing the outreach as "a new milestone for the dating landscape", Mrs Yu-Foo said SDN's new name "reflects the expanded role of the organisation, being in the centre of the entire local dating network, creating an environment that is conducive for all singles to meet and forge meaningful relationships. I hope singles will regard SDN as their friend."

[Guest wc]

sounds like government getting desperate to increase the local birth rate...

[Guest Sareve]

Hilarious! This really shows that Singaporeans look to the government for EVERYTHING -_-" Can't get dates? ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

[g8crasher]

Hilarious! This really shows that Singaporeans look to the government for EVERYTHING -_-" Can't get dates? ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

Well we've been conditioned haven't we.

[Guest Sareve]

Hilarious! This really shows that Singaporeans look to the government for EVERYTHING -_-" Can't get dates? ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

Well we've been conditioned haven't we.

So PAP ah... Wanna intro some hot chicks to me?

[Guest ACSLK]

Hilarious! This really shows that Singaporeans look to the government for EVERYTHING -_-" Can't get dates? ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

Well we've been conditioned haven't we.

So PAP ah... Wanna intro some hot chicks to me?

hi Daniel,

Just join the Grassroot at your area can already..........(RC)

cheers

[Guest Sareve]

I was kidding! Besides... I don't think I have an RC here.

[g8crasher]

I was kidding! Besides... I don't think I have an RC here.

Dude ah you ask me for hot chicks and you're in Melb ? We should switch places man.

[Guest kopimonster]

Hilarious! This really shows that Singaporeans look to the government for EVERYTHING -_-" Can't get dates? ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.

duno leh, but i think when it comes to marriage and birthrate, government more kan cheong ;D