Childhood fascination leads to a business built around pearls

(From left) - Yuan-yuan Leong (outlet manager), Wan Ken Wee (Director and gemolost), Christina Toh (founder and designer) and Nurul Aishah Yusof (PR Manager).

When Christina Toh, founder and designer of Shinju Pearls Sdn bhd, was seven, her father who worked for a Japanese company at the time received Akoya pearls as a gift for his wife, Chee Kam Yew.

Though very young, Christina fell in love with pearls instantly making them her compulsory accessory, much to her mother’s amusement.