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Leaving legacies: Passion and pressure drive 2nd-generation jeweller, Style News & Top Stories

SINGAPORE – Jeweller Thomis Kwan, 67, keeps his entire life in five plastic drawers.

Inside, packed to the brim, are thousands of unfinished, handcrafted Peranakan jewellery made over the course of 20 years. Some are polished to a shine and just missing diamonds; others are skeletal designs yet to be plated with gold.

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