New job: Find a rich man

荷蘭助失業女'釣'金龜婿

Two Dutch villages have come up with a novel way of cutting welfare payments - encouraging jobless women to find rich men, local media reported. The councils are spending EUR1,400 on each woman to have her hair done and get help with her image. They will also get tips on social skills and presentation. Once the transformation is finished, the women will be registered at a local marriage bureau. If 70 women find husbands, the council can save EUR400,000 on welfare payments.

據當地媒體報道，荷蘭兩個村莊為削減福利金發放想出新招——鼓勵失業女性找有錢老公。村莊委員會為每個女性提供1400歐元，幫助她們做發型、改變形象，教授她們社交技巧和如何展現自己。待她們"72變"之后，便把她們送到當地婚介所登記。如果70位女性成功嫁人，委員會就能節省40萬歐元的福利費。

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