Mixed marriages on the rise


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PETALING JAYA: More Malaysians are marrying outside their own race following trends around the world where ethnicity lines are blurring.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia’s Marriage and Divorce Statistics report noted that 9% of the total marriages (18,509 out of 206,253 marriages) last year involved those of different ethnic groups.

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