In contrast, the proportion of inter-racial unions in civil marriages saw a slight dip to 17.7 per cent last year, down from 18.2 the year before.
The jump in inter-racial Muslim unions helped contribute to an overall increase in inter-racial marriages last year, according to the Marriages and Divorces 2017 report released by the Department of Statistics on July 10.
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