THE minimum marriage age at which Muslims can marry has been raised to 18, in line with that for other Singaporeans.

The change from age 16, which has been floated in the community for some years now, marks its resolve to nip in the bud the problem of broken homes.

Official figures show that Malay-Muslims make up a disproportionate number of such dysfunctional families, many of whom are couples who married young and divorced soon after.

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