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Singapore Launches Dating App for Civil Servants as Birth Rate Hits Historic Low
Singapore's GovTech has launched FirstDate, a dating platform for single civil servants aged 21 to 35, using the Nobel Prize-winning Gale-Shapley matching algorithm. The pilot comes as the city-state's fertility rate hit a record low of 0.87 in 2025, with fewer than 30,000 babies born. Reactions have ranged from curiosity to mockery, while critics say deeper cost-of-living and housing barriers remain unaddressed.