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No longer granny gold: More young people going for gold jewellery
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Poh Heng directors Eunice Lim (left) and Charlene Chng at its Parkway Parade store.
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SINGAPORE – She used to think gold jewellery was old-fashioned, too yellow and culturally loaded for casual wear.
But in July, 25-year-old Phoebe Lye walked into one of Chinese jewellery giant Chow Tai Fook’s Singapore stores and bought two 999 gold charms ($190 each). That is the purest grade of the precious metal, unblunted and ingot-like in hue.
