Singapore is courting Americans with a state-backed matchmaking campaign that swaps dating apps for advice from “aunties” for a date in the city-state.
In a Valentine season competition dubbed “Aunties, Not Algorithms”, Singapore’s tourism board invited singles in the US to apply for a blind date in the city state, with their match chosen not by software but a trio of self-styled aunties – comedian Atsuko Okatsuka, astrologer-matchmaker Aliza Kelly, and actor Tan Kheng Hua.
