Singapore rolls out government-run dating app in effort to boost birth rate

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Singapore is launching a government-run online matchmaking program to address its declining birth rate.

The service, called FirstDate, is launching as a pilot program, accepting applications from single public employees aged 21 to 35 years old. The matchmaking system uses the Gale-Shapley algorithm, a Nobel Prize-winning method in economic sciences that matches people based on stability and compatibility.

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