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A4 MY NEWS HOME MY PAPER THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2008

COEs LIKELY TO STAY S’PORE AND TANZANIA MOH ACCEPTS BIOETHICS TOP S’PORE DESIGNS TO
SOFT FOR REST OF YEAR POLICE SEAL TIES PANEL’S ADVISORY BE SHOWCASED IN ITALY
CERTIFICATES of entitlement SINGAPORE Police Force THE Ministry of Health (MOH) DESIGN Singapore Council will
(COEs) stayed soft at yesterday’s and Tanzania Police Force have has studied a report by the showcase the best of Singapore
tender, and are likely to remain so signed a memorandum of under- Bioethics Advisory Committee designs in the city of Turin, Italy. It
for the rest of the year. The latest standing to enhance collaboration (BAC) on Donation of Human is part of the International Design
bidding exercise ended with four in law enforcement. Eggs for Research. The BAC’s Casa, where 11 countries – three
out of five COE premiums finishing The ceremony took place recommendations are in line with from Asia – have been invited.
lower than last fortnight’s rates. yesterday at the Senior Police international ethical norms. MOH The national presentations will be
– THE STRAITS TIMES Officers’ Mess here. accepted all its recommendations. open to visitors from today to Nov 13.

Dating – with
SDU Trust Mark
CHERYL LIM

T HE founder of dating agency, Lunch Actually,


Ms Violet Lim, 28, used to get clients who asked:
“Will I get my money back if the company folds?
With your company having expanded, will you attend
to me personally, or will it be your staff who are less
experienced?”
Clients make upfront payment of $850 to $1,650
at Lunch Actually for its dating services.
Their reservations about Lunch Actually’s creden-
tials can now be
allayed.
Lunch Actually
and six other
matchmaking com-
panies, as well as
nine dating
practitioners, have
become the first
batch of firms which
received the Social
Development Unit
(SDU) Trust Mark
yesterday.
The rest are
GoMovieDate.com,
Clique Wise, Lunch Actually: Violet Lim
Eteract.com, Singles and co-founder Jamie Lee.
Mingle, The Dating (PHOTO: ST)
Loft and Who Works
Around You. The
dating practitioners are either owners or staff of the
seven dating agencies.
To achieve the accreditation, the owners of the
seven agencies and the dating practitioners had to go
through a course co-developed by SDU and the
Workforce Development Authority to obtain a
Statement of Attainment (SOA).
An on-site assessment and a document audit,
which includes submission of an operation manual,
training policies and refund policies, were carried out.
The accreditation process took about six months.
Ms Deidre Pereira, 34, general manager of Lunch
Actually, said: “The accreditation means that we are
following a set of regulations and guidelines and we
are not a fly-by-night company.”
Another matchmaker saw benefits of other kinds.
Chief executive of Singles Mingle, Mr Kelvin Ong,
35, told my paper that the SDU trust mark meant
boosted publicity for his company as “there is more
exposure and mention” of his company in SDU’s
in-house magazine, Duet.
There are about 200 dating and matchmaking
agencies here. Membership in dating agencies went
up by 20 per cent
since Prime
HELPDESK Minister Lee
Matchmaking companies: Hsien Loong
urged singles to
 consider joining
hóng niáng gōng sī in his National
Day Rally speech.
Accredited:  
bèi rèn kě de cheryll@sph.com.
sg

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