Customers shelling out more than $20,000 in cash for jewellery is not a common occurrence for goldsmiths along the Little India stretch.
And since such deals are hard to come by, some jewellery retailers fear that proposed new laws aimed at weeding out financial crime in the precious stones and metals sector could chase away customers.
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