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Under the plan, couples will spend three days and two nights on a tropical island in a bid to save their marriages.

"Newly-wed couples are facing numerous problems. Among them are financial issues and problems related to their in-laws," Ashaari Idris, the state's welfare, community development and women affairs committee chairman, said.

Couples will have to make an application and then undergo an interview before being accepted for the package which is worth an estimated 1,500 ringgit (AUD$485).

Ashaari said the state had already carried out a successful pilot project involving some 25 couples who faced marital woes.

He said that divorce rates in the Muslim-majority north-eastern state were among the lowest in the country.