Mr Ken Lai, 49, and their wife that is china-born Xu, 26. They are together for 5 years, and their relationship remains going strong it a point to always communicate and talk things out, said Mr Lai as they make. ST PICTURE: NG SOR LUAN
Among reasons cited: Govt measures and much more knowing of challenges unions that are such
He stated he had been a fool for love.
Andy ( perhaps not their genuine title) felt that their previous spouse, a Chinese nationwide five years their senior, married him simply to become a Singapore permanent resident (PR).
A 31-year-old engineer, he came across her through buddies. She, a trained instructor, ended up being sweet and loving in their year-long courtship.
But things changed the moment they registered their wedding 2 yrs ago. She failed to appear with their wedding party that saying she had to rush back to China as there was an accident at home night.
Whenever she returned 2 months later on, she provided excuses not to ever consummate the wedding and would usually never be house for several days at a stretch.
4,828
Wide range of Singaporean men who wed a non-resident bride this past year, the cheapest number in past times decade
14%
Simply how much reduced the 4,828 marriages are in contrast to the a lot of 5,611 in 2005
17%
Portion of unions between Singaporean grooms and non-resident brides away from all marriages this past year