The Department of Statistics Malaysia’s Marriage and Divorce Statistics report noted that 9% of the total marriages last year involved those of different ethnic groups.
Nearer to home, Singapore’s 2018 statistics showed that inter-ethnic marriages in the republic continued to increase over the years with 22.4% last year compared to 22.1% in 2017. In terms of overall marriages, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said there was an increase of 1.2% from 203,741 in 2017 compared to 206,253 last year.Statistics also showed that Muslim marriages increased by 1.9% while non-Muslim marriages declined by 0.5%.
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