Aw Boon Par

In this Chinese name, the family name is Aw.
Aw Boon Par
胡文豹
Born1888
Rangoon, British Burma
Died1944 (1945) (aged 56)
Rangoon, British Burma
Occupationentrepreneur
Board member ofEng Aun Tong
Spouses
  • Piah Lan
  • Daw Saw
  • Hong Yin
Children
  • Aw Cheng Chye (Son)
  • Aw Cheng Taik (Son)
  • Aw Cheng Sim/Suri Santipongchai (Daughter)
  • Aw Cheng Hu (Daughter)
FatherAw Chu Kin
RelativesAw 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; 1888–1944) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm.

He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin.[1][2] Aw was born during the British colonial rule. 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 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. Eventually, Aw closed the factory down, returned to Rangoon, and died there.

Notes

  1. ^ Beverland, Michael (2009) Building Brand Authenticity: 7 Habits of Iconic Brands Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, page 91, ISBN 978-0-230-58031-2
  2. ^ Temporal, Paul (2006) Asia's star brands Wiley, Singapore, page 116, ISBN 0-470-82156-6
  3. ^ 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

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