Marriage registrations on the decline

[BackstageTop contributor]

Marriage registrations on the decline
Ridma Dissanayake

The number of marriage registrations in Sri Lanka decreased during the past four years, Census and Statistics Department sources said.

In 2011, 200,314 marriages were registered and it deceased to 198,710 in 2012.

According to the sources only 180,760 marriages were registered in 2013. This is a considerable drop when compared with the 2011 statistics. Only 175,728 marriages were registered last year. The sources said that 155,171 registrations were carried out under the normal law while 822 marriages were registered under the Up Country Law. About 19,189 marriages were registered under the Muslim Shariah Law.

[jiggysaurusTop contributor]

Apparadey Appachchiy Appachchige Vashi Boley thiyagaththanang oka up wenawane.

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[Defender]

No happy Endings then?

[BackstageTop contributor]

Most end up with having to settle for "Happy Finish"

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

Why someone has to sign above the dotted line only to be happy?

[Hybrid]

Statistics do not lie.
Just consider some relating to the topic under discussion!


Marriage Registrations on the decline
Living together on the incline
Birth Rates down
Infant Mortality Rate down
Average life expectancy up
Increase in fatal accidents
Decrease in numbers sitting the OL's and AL's
More Sri Lankans going abroad
Immorality Up
Divorce cases High
Illegitimate children High
Average age of working population increasing
increase in Professionals over 40 years childless

[BackstageTop contributor]

Immorality up ? How do you measure that ?

Illegitimate children ? Antiquated term, no longer applicable under Sri Lankan law or in any civilized country.

[jiggysaurusTop contributor]

Immorality up ?  How do you measure that ?

Maybe he walked around counting the number of jiggies inside Hybrids?

But defa this country needs to increase immorality and get it up. Shoeshine boys need to get jiggy more often.

[chutiputhaTop contributor]

Still Live with more happy

Why someone has to sign above the dotted line only to be happy?  

[කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor]

If we can find a more civilized way to sort biological links and property matters out, signing above the dotted line will be obsolete.

[poor boyActive Member]

relevance of this post for stock trading /investment.
1)hotel shares will go down because of less honeymooners. sell your hotel stocks

2)rubber plantation shares will go down because of lower demand for rubber latex from the condom manufacturers. sell kgal, namu, elpl,kota,agal

[jiggysaurusTop contributor]

2)rubber plantation shares will go down because of lower demand for rubber latex from the  condom manufacturers. sell kgal, namu, elpl,kota,agal

No it should lead to higher demand less marriage doesn't mean less condom jiggy it actually means more condom jiggy.