SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Clara Chng graduated from university, the Singapore government's matchmaking agency offered her a two-year free trial to find a husband.
Young, well-educated, and ethnic Chinese, Chng was a prime candidate for the Orwellian-sounding Social Development Unit, or SDU, set up in 1984 to help graduates find suitable spouses and reverse an alarming slump in city-state's fertility rate.
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