Interview with Kelvin Ong, Singles Mingle

When Kelvin was just venturing out as an entrepreneur back in 2001 during the dot com days, he met the love of his life and future wife, Sie Sie. She supported him throughout his entrepreneurial endeavors and they got married in 2004. Finally in 2006, both of them came up with the term ‘Singles Mingle’ and the company was born. We chat with Kelvin, co-founder of Singles Mingle.

Why did you go into the dating industry?

Singles Mingle is founded and driven by a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about creating a 24/7 community network for singles to meet, mingle and find their life partners.

It is our goal to bring singles together in one place, creating wholesome opportunities for them to meet, as well as leveraging on all the resources in the community available to us, including married couples, families and mentors- as an integral part of our widening support network.

More importantly, we have always position ourselves as a socially driven organisation rather than being a commercially driven entity. Personally, as a deputy marriage registrar, it has always been a joy for me to solemnise the marriages for couples so having an entity that brings singles together just complete the picture.

What’s unique about your service?

We offer a full range of services including events, personalised introduction, pre-marital talks, post marital workshops and also wedding flavours offered through Affinity Lodge. We are also the only private dating organisation that offers a clubhouse (The Arts House @ Old Parliament) for members to meet, dine and connect with other singles in the community. Our matchmaking centre is also located at the easily accessible Civil Service Club in Bukit Batok.

Has the recession had any impact on your business?

Whether in good times or in bad times, there will always be singles out there want to widen his/her social circle or even finding that special someone.

Any last words?

As a dating practitioner, it is important to first have a passion for people and to bring them together. Along with relevant trainings, only then will one be able to provide the service effectively and manage the expectation of the singles professionally.

Photo from left: Husband and wife team – Sie Sie and Kelvin.

About Kelvin Ong

Mr Kelvin Ong is the Director of Singles Mingle Pte Ltd. He also heads a training organisation In Tandem and is a partner of Affinity Lodge, an entity that deals with wedding flavours and solemnisations. He is a knowledge-based consultant by profession and has developed and facilitated many programmes and workshops for both the government and private organisations over the last decade. Since 2005, he has also facilitated several hundred of events for graduate singles for Social Development Unit (SDU) as well as for Singles Mingle Pte Ltd. He has also designed and conducted Marital and Family Bonding Workshops for staff from both public and private sectors. As a resource speaker for MCYS Family Life Education and a Family Life Ambassador, Kelvin also provides valuable pre-marital advice to couples before he solemnises their marriage in his capacity as a Deputy Marriage Registrar / Licensed Solemniser with Registry of Marriages (ROM). He has been happily married for 5 years.

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