I saw this at the busstop where i take my bus home from biopolis everyday. Just like any other notice advertising for room rentals and such, the end of the notice was cut into strips with a phone number written on it. Only difference is that the title of the notice read: Marriage.
'Looking for a sigle (sic) white aged between 42 to 60 as a mankind (sic) partner, please contact ms zhang.' is what i saw. I wanted to take photos of the notice, but i didn't have my camera with me that day. Didn't expect to see this on the news! haha..
"One woman from China knows exactly who she wants as a husband - a Caucasian - never mind that she doesn't speak a word of English.
And she's going about it in her own way. No more match-making agencies for her, thank you very much.
After she failed to get results through a match-making agency, Ms Zhang Xue Hong, 42, opted for a do-it-yourself (DIY) 'manhunt'.
For the past two weeks, she has been sticking up notices on lamp-posts along Taman Warna and other streets in Holland Village.
Bemused residents have been seeing - alongside the usual notices for garage sales and lost pets - her handwritten personal ad, titled 'Marriage'.
It reads, in broken English: 'Looking for a sigle (sic) white aged between 42 to 60 as a mankind (sic) partner, please contact ms zhang.'
It lists a Singapore handphone number, a China telephone number and address, and her e-mail address.
When contacted, Ms Zhang, who lives in Tianjin, said that she has been to Singapore twice in search of her elusive 'white knight'.
She revisited Singapore last month after her first attempt five months ago through a local match-making agency was unsuccessful.
She returned to China on Monday as her social visit pass was about to expire.
Ms Zhang, who does not speak English, painstakingly used an electronic dictionary to translate the words..."
full article from here
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