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| Oct 30, 2008 | |
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Pawnbrokers' business rise
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| By Jessica Lim | |
| FOR factory operations manager Steven (not his real name), making ends meet each month has been touch and go for as long as he can remember.
Somehow, the 56-year-old said, he has gotten by. But two months ago, battered by rising prices for everything from rice to electricity and with the bills piling up, he did something he has never done before: He took a gold bracelet and necklace belonging to his wife, and hocked it to a pawnshop in Bedok North for $800. Read Jessica Lim's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times. | |
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