GOLDSMITH shops like Poh Heng Jewellery used to line the streets of post-war Singapore, taking centre stage in places like Arab Street, Chinatown and Little India.

But these days, the trade is widely seen as a sunset business, slowly losing its shine from a once-glittering business to trendier, more accessible retail stores.

Yet Poh Heng - one of Singapore's oldest names in the gold game - heads into its 60th year of business defying the ranks of pessimists.

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