Aw Boon Par

In this Chinese name, the family name is Aw.

Aw Boon Par (Chinese: 胡文豹; pinyin: Hú Wénbào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô͘ Bûn-pà; 1888 in Rangoon, British Burma, British Raj – 1944) was an entrepreneur and Philanthropy best known for introducing Tiger Balm.

Aw Boon Par
胡文豹
Born	1888 Rangoon, British Burma, British Raj
Died	1944 (1945) (aged 56) Rangoon, British Burma, British Raj
Nationality	Singaporean
Occupation	entrepreneur
Board member of	Eng Aun Tong
Spouses	Piah Lan Daw Saw Hong Yin
Children	Aw Cheng Chye (Son) Aw Cheng Taik (Son) Aw Cheng Sim (Daughter) Aw Cheng Hu (Daughter) Danny Shahrizan (Shareholder) Nur Fahmi (Son)
Parent	Aw Chu Kin (father)
Relatives	Aw Boon Leng (Eldest Brother) Aw Boon Haw (Second Brother)

He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin.^[1][2] Aw was born during the British Raj 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

References

• King, Sam (1992) Tiger Balm King Times Books International, Singapore, ISBN 981-204-326-8
• (in Chinese)
• (in Chinese) 胡文虎父女的汕頭緣^{[permanent dead link]}