民主在黑暗中消亡：亚洲的“相亲服务”作者：Joshua Yang长期以来，新加坡政府以频繁干预民众的社会行为和私人生活而闻名。随着该国出生率的持续下降，政府本月推出了一项名为 FirstDate 的相亲服务试点项目。
Democracy Dies in Darkness AsiaChevron right 2 min 0 More article actions By Joshua Yang Singapore’s government — long known for unabashed involvement in social behavior and private life — rolled out a pilot matchmaking service this month, as the country’s birth rate dwindles. The app, called FirstDate, is open for now to government employees between 21 and 35.
该服务目前仅面向 21 至 35 岁的政府雇员开放。它采用了诺贝尔奖获奖者 Gale-Shapley 算法来为参与者匹配合适的对象。与 Tinder 和 Hinge 等大众化约会应用不同，FirstDate 会为每位用户仅推荐一位潜在伴侣，并同时提供“匹配度评分”。如果你有任何疑问，可以尝试使用 Ask The Post AI 工具来获取简洁的答案。
It uses the Nobel-recognized Gale-Shapley matching algorithm, in true technocratic form, to create pairings. Prospective lovebirds will be offered one match at a time, in contrast to mass-market dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, along with a “compatibility score.”Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI.
“FirstDate”并非新加坡政府首次尝试推动单身人士之间的交流与配对服务。早在1984年，新加坡就成立了“社会发展局”（Social Development Unit，简称SDU），旨在为单身男女提供交流的机会。然而，该机构的声誉并不理想：一些对政府举措不以为然的新加坡人将SDU这个缩写视为“Single, Desperate, and Ugly”（单身、绝望且相貌平平）的代名词。
FirstDate is not the Singaporean government’s first foray into matchmaking. In 1984, the Social Development Unit, known as the SDU, was launched to offer opportunities for single men and women to interact. But its reputation struggled: For some unimpressed Singaporeans, the acronym became shorthand for “Single, Desperate and Ugly.”
与许多国家一样，新加坡也面临着人口老龄化及出生率下降的问题——这一趋势与该国早期发展阶段所追求的“降低出生率”的目标背道而驰。近年来，政府为新父母提供了越来越优厚的经济补贴。然而，与世界其他许多地方一样，这些政策似乎并未能有效扭转出生率下降的趋势。2025年，新加坡的总生育率降至每名女性0.87个孩子，远低于2.1的替代生育率。
Singapore, like many countries, is grappling with an aging population and low birth rate, a inverse trend after years of trying to bring down rates earlier in its development trajectory. In recent years, the government has offered increasingly generous financial packages to new parents. Ask The Post AI Dive deeper So far, as in most other places, such policies show little sign of reversing the downward trend. In 2025, Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to 0.87 births per woman, from 0.97 in 2024 and well below the population replacement rate of 2.1.
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