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Real Love Works – the annual event to celebrate marriage wellness has returned.
Celebrations kicked off on Saturday with about 1,000 married couples at the launch of the two-week event at Punggol Waterway.
Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Halimah Yacob also launched Marriage Central’s first iPhone application, “Our Love Journal” – which can help couples remember details of special occasions.
Celebrations will go on till April 7 and culminate in a two-day Marriage Convention starting on March 31.
Tickets to the convention, which is jointly organised by MediaCorp, are already sold out.
Anita Fam, chairperson of Marriage Central, said: “This year, what we’ll try to do is bring messages forward in a bite-sized fashion, because we know how busy Singaporeans are. So by bringing it to them, at least they can start thinking about their own marriages and their own relationships.
“We are also very encouraged (by the response). More than 3,500 tickets were snapped up for Marriage Convention and that just shows us that there is a demand, there is a hunger for this sort of programme, for this sort of information to go to the community. So throughout the year, we will try to make programmes accessible to Singaporeans.”
Marriage Central is a one-stop resource point under the National Family Council to promote stronger, healthier and happier marriages. Strongly supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Marriage Central provides resources and referrals via various platforms including this website as well as resource points located across the island to help strengthen marriages. Marriage Central also provides a conducive and friendly environment for couples who wish to know more about marriage preparation and enrichment programmes, as well as marital counselling services available.
Visit Marriage Central at http://www.marriagecentral.sg/
