Dating tips for singles
2002-05-05 17:11
Singapore - Singapore is handing out booklets to singles with tips on how to plan the perfect date, the Sunday Times says.
The eight-page booklet offers practical tips such as: "If you have a dog, why not take a stroll with the pooch...Just make sure that your date is not afraid of dogs."
"We aim to empower singles by helping them with basic courtship skills, showing them that it's really a natural process," Tan-Huang Shuo Mei, director of the government's Social Development Unit (SDU), was quoted as saying.
The SDU is one of two bodies the government has set up to encourage marriage in a tiny city state grappling with a low birth rate.
"This is so typically Singaporean," the paper quoted one former SDU member as saying.
"It seems as though we need people to tell us what to do and how to do it."