ValueMax targeting wealthy clients
Pawnbroker is looking at opening a flagship store in CBD
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Anita Gabriel
Singapore
IN the bustling heartland of Bedok North, where pawnshops are aplenty, the owner of a valuable piece of art sits in a modestly-sized office on the first floor of Singapore's oldest pawnbroker, ValueMax Group.
He is rapt in a lengthy discussion with ValueMax's founder and chief executive officer Yeah Hiang Nam, possibly over the value of the painting in his possession which he plans to pledge for cash.
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