| 1. | Is Romancing Singapore a government agenda? |
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| 2. | How long has the Romancing Singapore campaign been on? |
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| 3. | Why is Romancing Singapore in a Festival format? |
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| 4. | What is the take up rate for Romancing Singapore activities and events in the last 2 years? |
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| 5. | What is the key target audience of Romancing Singapore? |
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| 6. | How is Romancing Singapore Festival 2006 different from previous years? |
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| 7. | What are some key highlights in Romancing Singapore 2006 Festival? |
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| 8. | What is the duration of Romancing Singapore 2006 Festival? Why is it a year long festival? |
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| 9. | Is Romancing Singapore an initiative to increase marriage rate and fertility rate? |
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| 10. | How is the Social Development Unit (SDU) link to the Romancing Singapore? |
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| 11. | Is the Romancing Singapore Festival an initiative to encourage people to spend more? |
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| 12. | What are some success stories of this campaign so far? |
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| 13. | What are the business opportunities for the commercial partners of this festival? |
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| 14. | Are Singaporeans open to events and activities of Romancing Singapore thus far? |
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| 15. | How many commercial partners are there till date? |
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| 16. | What are the benefits of being a partner of Romancing Singapore? |
| 1. | Is Romancing Singapore a government agenda? |
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It started as a government agenda but the private sector took over
as a business initiative since 2005
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| 2. | How long has the Romancing Singapore campaign been on? |
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It started in 2002 as a campaign, becomes a month-long festival
in Feb of 2003. Ever since 2005, it has become a year-long festival
eventually becoming a lifestyle of Singaporean. |
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| 3. | Why is Romancing Singapore in a Festival format? |
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Like any other initiative, Romancing Singapore will start as
a festival and eventually becomes a lifestyle like any other successful
campaigns like “Speak Mandarin” & “Courtesy”
campaign. We will see a change in attitude and awareness within
the next two years when more private sectors support this festival
as a business opportunity.
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| 4. | What is the take up rate for Romancing Singapore activities and events in the last 2 years? |
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In 2005/06, we have reached to more than 5,000 singles through
50 events. The Romancing Singapore Festive Guide has a circulation
of 40,000. For 2006/2007, we aim to reach out to 10,000 singles
through more mega events involving at least 500 singles. Our activities
include mega dating events, seminars, island-wide treasure hunt
in amazing race format, big incentive group overseas trip on cruises,
etc
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| 5. | What is the key target audience of Romancing Singapore? |
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We aim to reach out to all sectors aged 21 to 45
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| 6. | How is Romancing Singapore Festival 2006 different from previous years? |
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We concentrate on promoting mega events involving at least 500
singles through working more closely with established partners like
Capitaland Retail, Star Cruises, F&B chains, dating agencies,
singles portal, etc
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| 7. | What are some key highlights in Romancing Singapore 2006 Festival? |
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Major Highlights (as of 30 Sep 2006)
- Friday Late Night Shopping (27/10)
- Movie Marathon (28/10)
- 4-D Marathon (1/12-15/12) – A dating marathon
- Intro-A-Friend Drive (Jan 2007)
- Chemistry Challenge (Jan 2007)
- Get Spotted @ Feb (19/1-16/2)
- Dating@Sea (Mar-May 2007)
- Singles Seminar (June 2007)
- Island-wide Treasure hunt (Aug 2007)
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| 8. | What is the duration of Romancing Singapore 2006 Festival? Why is it a year long festival? |
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There isn’t any duration as it is meant to be a whole
year long festival. It is a year-long festival so that it will eventually
becomes a lifestyle among Singaporean.
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| 9. | Is Romancing Singapore an initiative to increase marriage rate and fertility rate? |
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Romancing Singapore initiatives only providing the opportunities
for the singles to interact. The rest is entirely up to them.
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| 10. | How is the Social Development Unit (SDU) link to the Romancing Singapore? |
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SDU is the government agency for the singles while Romancing Singapore
is a private sector-driven initiative leveraging on the singles market.
Both may work together on certain projects but it is two separate
entities.
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| 11. | Is the Romancing Singapore Festival an initiative to encourage people to spend more? |
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Romancing Singapore is about celebrating love, life and relationships.
It is about reminding all of us that ‘love is the little things’.
Truly, we have a programme line-up where you can go to events without
needing to spend a cent at the event and just enjoy and there are
other paid events organised by participating organizations. It really
depends on your choice.
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What are some success stories of this campaign so far? |
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Although we do not monitor success stories, we do have marriage
arising from the social interaction opportunities we created together
with other commercial establishment. For personal reasons, they
prefer not to share their stories to the public.
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What are the business opportunities for the commercial partners of this festival?
- Good Public Relations Opportunity
- Marketing Communication Support through the managing agent
- Event Management Support from the managing agent
- Business Networking & Alliance Opportunities among different
partners from many lifestyle-related industries
- Publicity through a common media guide - RS Festive Guide
- Reduced marketing cost through the Romancing Singapore Portal
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Are Singaporeans open to events and activities of Romancing Singapore thus far? |
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Singaporeans are open to such events and activities as long
as they are creative and interesting enough to draw people together.
The challenge is to explore new area of doing business in reaching
out to the singles. The increasing support and openness is evident
in the large attendance of our cruise tour events, seminars and
mega speed dating events of more than 100 each time at least.
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How many commercial partners are there till date? |
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In 2005, we had 170 participating commercial partners providing
events on a regular basis and more than 250 retail partners offering
couple-focused concessionaires. There were also 30 restaurants equipped
and trained to organize their own speed dating events. In 2006,
we are seeking to cultivate at least 10 new social event providers
offering quality mega events. The retail partners will be about
the same as last year.
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What are the benefits of being a partner of Romancing Singapore?
- Good Public Relations Opportunity
- Marketing Communication Support through the managing agent
- Event Management Support from the managing agent
- Business Networking & Alliance Opportunities among different
partners from many lifestyle-related industries
- Publicity through a common media guide - RS Festive Guide
- Reduced marketing cost through the Romancing Singapore Portal
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