SINGAPORE:<\/strong> Singapore has launched a dating platform for public officials, in the city-state’s latest experiment meant to tackle declining marriage and historically low fertility rates.<\/p>\n The algorithm-powered pilot initiative, unveiled on Tuesday and named FirstDate, targets employees aged between 21 to 35 and promises to end “swipe fatigue”, associated with some dating apps, while building a “thoughtful connection”.<\/p>\n Public officials can fill out details including interests, habits, religious preferences and “dealbreakers”.<\/p>\n The platform promises absolute privacy, saying “only your match sees your profile, and you decide if your contact details are shared”.<\/p>\n It does, however, also ask users to “Tell us how your date went!” with a star rating and an optional feedback box.<\/p>\n Applications to take part in the pilot close on Monday.<\/p>\n Singapore, which has a population of just over six million people, saw record-low fertility rates last year.<\/p>\n Fewer Singaporeans are getting married, with official figures showing that marriage registrations fell for the third consecutive year in 2025.<\/p>\n In August, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a robust package encouraging larger families, including generous financial incentives.<\/p>\n Singapore also officially became a super-aged society this year, where at least 21 percent of the population is aged 65 and above.<\/p>\n In Japan, an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan’s low birthrate led to 265 marriages. \u2013 AFP<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n SINGAPORE: Singapore has launched a dating platform for public officials, in the city-state’s latest experiment meant to tackle declining marriage and historically low fertility rates….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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