Singapore unveils matchmaking service amid falling birth rate

SINGAPORE — Singapore has rolled out a government-backed matchmaking service for public sector workers as the city-state grapples with a record-low fertility rate and an ageing population.The initiative, known as FirstDate, was launched this week for government workers aged between 21 and 35, the BBC reported on Wednesday. It uses the Nobel Prize-winning Gale-Shapley algorithm to match participants with one potential partner at a time.Participants sign in using the national digital identit