Chief Executive Officer of the MoneyMax pawn broking chain Peter Lim talks about an intricately designed belt in his pawn broking business office in Singapore August 23, 2013. Faced with rising living costs and unable to wait until pay day, growing numbers of Southeast Asians are putting their gold jewellery and designer watches in hock, creating a boom in pawnshops across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Picture taken August 23, 2013. To go with ASIA-PAWNSHOPS REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS)