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Arranged marriage success I GOT THE PERFECT BRIDE!

For race relations commissioner Meng Foon, 2020 will be a milestone year. As well as it being his first year in the high-profile job, he’ll also be celebrating four decades of marriage to his wife Ying.

The couple had an arranged union that was orchestrated by their parents, who immigrated to New Zealand from China in the ’40s and ’50s. Despite this, Meng, 59, says his love story was written in the stars, or in their case, the Chinese

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