Native name 胡文豹 Name Aw Par Ethnicity Hakka Chinese Nieces Sally Aw | Nationality Singaporean Siblings Aw Boon Haw Residence Singapore Parents Aw Chu Kim | |
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Born 1888 Rangoon, British Burma Occupation Tiger Balm
Chung Kiaw Bank Spouse(s) Piah Lan
Daw Saw
Hong Yin Died 1944, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Similar People Aw Boon Haw, Aw Chu Kin, Wee Cho Yaw | ||
Organizations founded Haw Par Corporation | ||
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 a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin. 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 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.