NUMBERS GAME: Who's saying I do... 1,651 or 9 per cent of last year's non-Muslim marriages were those across racial divide. In 1978, it was 3 per cent, or just 600. CHOICE OF MATE 568 Chinese women married outside their race last year. 248 of them wed Caucasian men. This is more than 50 per cent than in 1978. More than a quarter wed Indian men last year. Malays and Eurasian women prefer Chinese men Four out of 10 Indian women chose Caucasian men. 765 Chinese men registered inter-ethnic marriages last year. 40 Chinese men here marry Caucasian women each year. This number has remained constant over the last 10 years. 581 Chinese man looked to a neighbouring country such as Thailand, Vietnam or the Philippines, or even farther away to Africa, for a mate last year. Indian, Malay and Eurasian men who married outside their race chose Chinese brides.