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From kitchen helper to paying $40m for Yishun coffee shop

When he was 21, Mr Ricky Kok’s rubber tapper parents died in a road accident. The founder of Chang Cheng says it motivated him to work harder and become a success.

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SINGAPORE - When Mr Ricky Kok decided to sink

$40 million into buying a coffee shop in Yishun

earlier in 2022, he didn’t lose sleep over it.

“I sleep very well,” the founder and executive chairman of Chang Cheng says serenely.

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