# Singapore launches dating service for civil servants using Nobel-recognised algorithm

https://mins.news/en/item/81337

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-01 04:43 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c60e3e4yn858o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Singapore has launched FirstDate, a dating-matching service for government employees aged 21 to 35. It offers one match at a time using the Gale-Shapley Stable Marriage algorithm. The pilot has drawn both interest and criticism over its age limit, exclusion of non-government workers and possible links to the country’s record-low birth rate.