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Marriage registration online? It’s about time

Social pressures surrounding weddings can be demanding and stressful for couples getting married. Having the option of an online declaration and solemnisation can help.

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Having more options on the table, including being able to register marriages online, helps couples focus on what really matters, which is building happy lifelong relationships.

Having more options on the table, including being able to register marriages online, helps couples focus on what really matters, which is building happy lifelong relationships.

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Tan Poh Lin

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It seems one can do anything online these days. Instead of heading into the kitchen to prepare a meal, or down to the clinic to see the doctor, a hot meal complete with utensils and a medical consultation can be just a few screen taps or a video call away.

At times, digitalised systems are not just convenient or efficient, but agents of mercy. As a parent who went through the Primary 1 registration exercise for the first time this year, I am thankful that the era of nerve-racking in-person school balloting sessions has come to an end.

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