Aw Boon Par
| Aw Boon Par | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 胡文豹 |
| Born |
1888 Rangoon, British Burma |
| Died |
1944 (aged 56) Rangoon, British Burma |
| Residence | Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Ethnicity | Hakka Chinese |
| Occupation |
Tiger Balm Chung Kiaw Bank |
| Spouse(s) |
Piah Lan Daw Saw Hong Yin |
| Children |
Aw Cheng Chye (Son) Aw Cheng Teck (Son) Aw Cheng Sim (Daughter) Aw Cheng Hu (Daughter) |
| Parent(s) | Aw Chu Kim (Father) |
| Relatives |
Aw Boon Leng (Eldest Brother) Aw Boon Haw (Second Brother) |
Aw Boon-Par (Chinese: 胡文豹; pinyin: Hú Wénbào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô͘ Bûn-pà; 1888 in Rangoon, Indian Empire – 1944 in Rangoon, Burma) was a Burmese Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm.
He was the son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin.[1][2] His father left the business to Boon-Par and after Aw Chu-Kin's death in 1908, he called his elder brother Aw Boon-Haw to run his father's apothecary Eng Aun Tong ("The Hall of Eternal Peace") together.
Although Aw wished to stay in Rangoon, 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. During the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Boon-Haw moved to Hong Kong to manage the business from there, while Boon-Par stayed in Singapore to run the factory. Eventually, Aw closed the factory down, returned to Rangoon, and died there.
Notes
- ↑ Beverland, Michael (2009) Building Brand Authenticity: 7 Habits of Iconic Brands Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, page 91, ISBN 978-0-230-58031-2
- ↑ Temporal, Paul (2006) Asia's star brands Wiley, Singapore, page 116, ISBN 0-470-82156-6
- ↑ Go, Simon (2003) Hong Kong apothecary: a visual history of Chinese medicine packaging Princeton Architectural Press, New York, page 198, ISBN 1-56898-390-5
References
- King, Sam (1992) Tiger Balm King Times Books International, Singapore, ISBN 981-204-326-8
- (Chinese) 胡文虎
- (Chinese) 胡文虎父女的汕頭緣
- Aw Boon Haw's Philanthropy