Taiwanese model and actress, Lin Chi-ling (林志玲) was named by local male office workers in a poll as their ideal Valentine’s Day date, according to the results of a yes123 online survey released on Friday.
Lin, dubbed “the first face of Taiwan” by some members of the media, topped the list of ideal companions based on the answers given by male respondents in a poll conducted last month by the Taipei-based online job bank.
She was followed by Sonia Sui (隋棠), also a model, and Tsai Huang-ju (蔡黃汝), an Internet sensation, while pop singers Show Luo (羅志祥), Wang Leehom (王力宏) and actor Liren Li (李李仁) were the top three choices among female respondents, the survey showed.
Yes123 also found that when asked about their love lives this year, most respondents (49.9 percent) said they hoped to fall in love, 27.8 percent wanted to get married, 11.8 percent wanted to stay single and 5.9 percent hoped to find a new boyfriend or girlfriend.
When asked about the occupation an ideal spouse should have, respondents offered very different answers, with 15.5 percent saying they wanted to marry a public servant, 13.6 percent preferring engineers, 9.9 percent favoring company executives and 8.7 percent hoping to marry a designer, the survey found.
Meanwhile, the poll also found that only a quarter of respondents planned to celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow.
Yes123 conducted its online survey from Jan. 3 to Jan. 28, with 2,582 valid responses collected. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.92 percentage points.
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