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Collector to curator to designer: Straits Chinese jewellery expert Edmond Chin’s ‘fate’ with jewels

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ST20240626_202414614996/acacm27/Brian Teo/Amanda Chai SY/ Profile of Mr Edmond Chin, 60,Jewellery Specialist, at the #SGJewelleryNow showcase in Asian Civilisations Museum on June 26, 2024. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Hong Kong-based, Singaporean jewellery designer Edmond Chin started his jewellery salon Etcetera in 2001.

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SINGAPORE – Most people might find it hard to part with an almost 400-strong collection of jewellery.

Not Singaporean Edmond Chin. The South-east Asian jewellery expert and founder of jewellery salon Etcetera thought it would be a greater waste to sell it or have it sit at home collecting dust.

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