Get an Aussie hubby for RM25,000
Illustration by Mohd Salleh Sapawi
By Beh Yen Hui
LOOKING for an Australian husband? You will be able to find one for a mere RM25,000.
When most marriage consultants are helping men to find foreign brides, one company in Singapore has come out with a blue ocean strategy, only for women.
In view of the rising number of unmarried women in the republic, the company has an ideal package to offer.
The company is matching up its clients with Australian lifetime partner sand is charging a fee of S$10,000 (RM24,540) for each successful match.
The men, aged between 30 and 60, and mostly from Brisbane.
Ting, who is in charge of the company, said they have been working closely with their counterpart in Australia on this service for the past two years.
“So far, we have paired up about 30 couples,” he said, adding some of the men they introduced were professionals such as lawyers and engineers.
Most of the local clients were career women aged between 20 and 50.
“We also have Chinese women who are working here as well as single mothers who are accompanying their children studying here,” he said.
He said Singaporean women had high expectations of their prospective husbands. They wanted men with a stable income and to look decent.
Published Oct 11 2009
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