Matchmaking

Millions of singles - and their parents - looking for love this Lunar New Year

6 Feb 2013

Xiong Jian, a 26-year-old communications engineer working in Hunan, thought marriage was a distant prospect until two weeks ago when he received a call from his mother in Wuhan telling him she had...

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Too-shy geeks in Japan mask up for dates

25 Nov 2012

Self-confessed geeks in Japan who might ordinarily be too shy to ask someone on a date are trying a new kind of matchmaking: wearing cartoon character masks.

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Money can buy love, but you need US$1m to be eligible for elite dating service

31 Aug 2012

In what appears to be a direct challenge to Paul McCartney, Violet Lim Seow Yan has set out to prove that money can, in fact, buy you love.

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Millionaires get helping hand in love stakes

1 Jan 2012

It's tough to be a millionaire. With no time to waste and a checklist of potential mates as long as a stretch limo, some high-net-worth individuals are now outsourcing the task of finding love to...

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Schooling for the lonely hearts club

18 Jul 2011

Who said romance was dead?

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Mr Good Enough

9 May 2010

Mr Good Enough
by Lori Gottlieb
Collins, HK$104

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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'Godfather of love' helps rich to mate

Tian Fanjiang, 35, is the chief executive of Baihe.com, one of the biggest matchmaking websites on the mainland with more than 20 million registered members.

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Matrimony 2.0

In times past, arranged marriages involved one family bringing their son or daughter to meet another's. The couple would meet, with a crowd of onlookers scrutinising their facial twitches.

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No Valentine's rush as agency offers date with star later in month

Who hates Valentine's Day? Fret not, I'll swallow the bile and print lots of things about chocolates, flowers and overpriced meals over the next few days.

So off we go on the sweet...

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Match and sniff

Matchmaking is a gamble. Many of us know how it feels to be on the wrong end of a blind date, repelled by the 'match' and enraged by the 'maker'.

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Matchmaker's free guide to finding love

Retiree Zhao Kunming , 72, and his wife, Xie Yuqin , have offered a free matchmaking service in Shenzhen parks to more than 7,300 singles over the past three years.

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In the next issue of Style ...

We put you in the mood for love with fashion that's inspired by romance. We interview New York's most successful matchmaker and look at some of the more enduring celebrity relationships.

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