Adoption register to facilitate contact between children, birth parents being considered

An adoption register is helpful to enable adopted children to locate their birth families with the appropriate guidance. PHOTO: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE - An adoption register which is used to facilitate contact between adopted children and their birth families could be set up here.

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) is assessing the suitability of setting up such a register, which contains information on birth parents and the circumstances under which a child was placed for adoption.

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