The Government will provide selected private dating agencies, which need to be accredited, with $4 million a year in funding to provide subsidised 'social interaction' programmes for singles.

The funds will be administered by a new body made up of the merger of government matchmaking agencies Social Development Unit and Social Development Service.

So it will set up a network of full-time officers to create opportunities for singles to interact at various platforms such as workplaces, community clubs, public sector agencies and companies.

Classes, talks and workshops will also be organised to target singles, whose number has increased steadily over the past few years.

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