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Aw Boon-Haw (Chinese: 胡文虎; pinyin: Hú Wénhǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘ Bûn-hó͘; 1882–1954), OBE, was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as founder of Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin , with his ancestral home in Yongding County , Fujian , China.
Dato [1] [2] Aw Kow (Chinese: 胡蛟) D.K.L.P., B.B.M., adopted son of Aw Boon Haw; he was the managing director of Sin Chew Jit Poh and the owner of Eastern Sun; [3] [4] he was invited to the Fujian Provincial Assembly in 1947; [5] he married Tan (Chinese: 陳家裕, also known as Datin Aw Kow), daughter of a pastor from the Methodist church; she chaired Eastern Sun.
1965 photograph of some of the figures in the garden. The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935. [4]In 1961, Aw It Haw (Chinese: 胡一虎), fourth son of late Aw Boon Haw, made an open invitation to the public to buy the land, claiming the land was owned by a family-owned company Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited (Chinese ...
Although Aw wished to stay in Yangon, his brother who had settled in Singapore [3] in 1926 convinced him to immigrate, move the family business, and found the precursor of today's Haw Par Corporation. Boon-Haw moved to Hong Kong to manage the business from there, while Boon-Par stayed in Singapore to run the factory.
The predecessor of Haw Par Corporation, Eng Aun Tong, was founded by Aw Chu Kin, father of Aw Boon Haw and Boon Par brothers. Eng Aun Tong was then relocated to Singapore and expanded its branch to many Chinese communities in Asia. Aw Boon Haw also built Haw Par Villas in Hong Kong, Singapore and in Yongding District, Longyan, China.
TIGER BALM GARDENS A Chinese Billionaire's Fantasy Environments, Judith Brandel & Tina Turbeville, 1998 Aw Boon Haw Foundation ISBN 962 672 052 2 This garden-related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
Aw Boon Haw: 胡文虎: 1882–1954: Yangon, Myanmar: Yongding, Fujian: Philanthropist of Tiger Balm and Haw Par Villa fame; Media mogul of the Chinese world; Founding President, Nanyang Khek Community Guild (南洋客属总会), the umbrella body for Hakkas in Singapore, 1929 Aw Boon Par: 胡文豹: 1888–1944: Yangon, Myanmar: Yongding, Fujian
Chung Khiaw Bank was established as a family-held business on 59 Robinson Road, Singapore.The founding chairman of the bank was millionaire Aw Boon Haw, who famous for his "Star Newspapers", and "Tiger Balm"; after his death, Ko Teck Kin (Chinese: 高德根) [8] and then Aw Cheng Chye, nephew of Aw Boon Haw and son of Aw Boon Par succeed the position.