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Fewer marriages? Perhaps because it’s easy to be single in Singapore

It’s a safe place, there isn’t much parental pressure to marry, and some are happy being doting uncles and aunts.

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A couple during a wedding photograpy session at the Gardens by the Bay’s Sakura floral display on April 9.

A couple during a wedding photograpy session at the Gardens by the Bay’s sakura display on April 9.

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