Why some choose to marry young
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Ms Adawiya Omar, 22, married her husband Aidil Amzah, 24, when she was 20. They attended a marriage preparation programme to help learn how to overcome challenges together.
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Yuen Sin, Hariz Baharudin
Her first day at Nanyang Technological University was also her first day as a married woman.
While her schoolmates had spent the day before term started stocking up on stationery and other materials, Ms Hafiza Yahya, then 19, spent it getting married instead.