574 couples tie the knot on 11/11/11
By Zhao Quan Yin and Wayne Chan | Posted: 11 November 2011 2304 hrs
SINGAPORE: Five hundred and seventy-four couples registered their marriages on 11 November, a significantly higher number than on most days.
But that still won't beat the 607 couples expected to tie the knot next Sunday on 20/11/2011.
The average number of marriages registered a day was about 55 last year.
At Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple in Punggol, 66 couples got together to receive blessings although some got married ahead of Friday.
And it was a busy day for one pink London Cab driver, who said 11 November 2011 was his second busiest wedding day in seven years.
One couple booked his services a year in advance.
"Because today's date has six ones (11/11/11) in it, plus we got married at 11 in the morning, so that makes it eight ones, making it an easy to remember (the) special date," said Ray Sim, a newly-wed at Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple.
Hotels that Channel NewsAsia spoke to said weekend wedding banquet slots are fully booked till the next Lunar New Year, with business expected to be up by 20 per cent.
- CNA /ls
- wong chee tat :)
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