Chon Buri- Mate seeking singles may find their future Valentines - and rapidly - this Saturday in Pattaya City at the world's largest speed dating event.

Hosted by the "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" museum and the online matchmaking service "Sanook! Thaimate", the event at the Royal Garden Plaza Shopping Mall may make it to the Guinness World Records by breaking the record for speed dating

It's currently held by the "Dating Cafe GmbH" in Germany's Hamburg City where 252 participants took part in November 2008.

So far, some 500 people have registered for the event, already exceeding the targeted number of 253 participants, according to museum manager Somporn Nakseutrong.

Those interested in joining can register free of charge through the website www.thaimate.com <http://www.thaimate.com/> until Friday, said Sanook Online chief executive Torboon Puangmaha, who also confirmed the participants' personal information and results would be confidential.

This article was first published in The Nation/Asia News Network.