Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District,on the north shore of Hong Kong Island,across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui,the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula. The area was the heart of Victoria City,although that name is rarely used today.
The Sing Tao Daily is among Hong Kong's oldest Chinese language newspapers. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation,of which Kwok Ying-shing is chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard.
Sing Tao News Corporation Limited is a Hong Kong media company,incorporated in Bermuda. It was formerly called Global China Group Holdings Limited.
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited,is a multinational conglomerate,based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015,as part of a major reorganisation,to become part of CK Hutchison Holdings.
Sing Tao Holdings Limited was a Bermuda-incorporated company,but headquartered in Hong Kong. The company was listed in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The company was a media and property conglomerate until it was dismantled in 2002. After selling the main media business and subsequent takeover in mid-2002,the legal person of the listed company,along with its property business,was renamed into Shanghai Ming Yuan Holdings.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited,commonly known as HSBC and formerly known as HongkongBank,is the Hong Kong-based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group,for which it was the parent entity until 1991. The largest bank in Hong Kong,HSBC operates branches and offices throughout the Indo-Pacific region and in other countries around the world. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.
Sin Chew Daily,formerly known as Sin Chew Jit Poh,is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia. According to report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the period ending 31 December 2011,Sin Chew Daily has an average daily circulation of almost 500,000 copies and also the largest-selling Chinese-language newspaper outside Greater China. It is only on Sundays that the circulation of the Malay-language papers exceeds that of Sin Chew Daily.
Haw Par Corporation Limited is a Singaporean company involved in healthcare,leisure products,property and investment. It is the company responsible for Tiger Balm branded liniment (ointment). Its brands also included Kwan Loong and it also owns and operates weekend and leisure time destinations such as oceanariums.
Headline Daily is a free weekday mass-market newspaper in Hong Kong. It was launched on 12 July 2005,by the Sing Tao group,as the territory's second free Chinese-language newspaper,after Metro Daily. Coverage includes local and international news,business,entertainment,lifestyle and sports. Soon after launch,it had a daily circulation of around 900,000-1,000,000.
Aw Boon-Haw,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.
Haw Par Mansion,better known for its public gardens known as Tiger Balm Garden or Aw Boon Haw Garden,was a mansion and gardens located at 15,Tai Hang Road,Tai Hang,Wan Chai District,Hong Kong. The Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004. The Haw Par Mansion and its private garden have been preserved.
Tin Tin Daily News also known as Tin Tin Yat Pao was a newspaper in Hong Kong,published between 1960 and 2000. In later years it took a pro-Beijing editorial stand. It was founded by the Wai Kee-shun family,who made their fortune in pharmaceutical industry and was the first colour-printed newspaper in Hong Kong.
Sing Tao Sports Club was a Hong Kong football club which was dissolved after the 1998–99 season. The club was established by Aw Hoe,a director of Sing Tao Daily in 1940. The first team made their first appearance in the first division in the 1940–41 season. The team relegated to the second division twice,in 1962–63 and 1972–73 seasons respectively. The club turned professional in the 1968–69 season. They were promoted back to the first division again in 1987–88 and stayed until it was dissolved in 1999 by Sing Tao Limited,at that time a subsidiary of Sing Tao Holdings.
Aw Sian also known as Sally Aw,OBE,DStJ,JP,is a Hong Kong businesswoman and daughter of the British Raj Burma-born entrepreneur and newspaper proprietor Aw Boon-haw. Sally Aw was nicknamed Tiger Balm Lady as well as Chinese Howard Hughes.
Sin Poh Amalgamated Limited was a Singapore publisher,which published Sin Chew Jit Poh in Singapore and Malaysia,as well as Sin Pin Jit Poh in Penang,Malaysia.
Chung Khiaw Bank Limited was a Singapore bank that was established by millionaire Aw Boon Haw and later became a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank after takeovers in 1971–72. Part of the shares of Chung Khiaw Bank was injected to a listed company Haw Par Brothers International in 1969 and was acquired by a domestic competitor United Overseas Bank (UOB) in 1971,after the parent company was takeover by Slater Walker. Chung Khiaw Bank merged with UOB in 1999.
Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News formerly Sing Sian Yer Pao is a Thai newspaper that is published in Chinese language. It was founded by millionaire Aw Boon Haw,a Chinese Hakka diaspora,as a sister newspaper of the "Star Newspapers" in Singapore,Malaysia and Hong Kong as well as other locations. However,by ownership,they are currently not related;sister newspapers of Sing Sian Yer Pao currently is the publication by Nanfang Media Group of the People's Republic of China.
The Singapore Standard,more commonly known as Singapore Tiger Standard or Tiger Standard,was a Singaporean newspaper published in English. The newspaper was founded by millionaire Aw Boon Haw,famous for his Tiger Balm and Star Newspapers. Singapore Standard was the sister newspaper of the English-language Hongkong Tiger Standard,as well as Sin Chew Jit Po of Singapore and Malaysia,published in Chinese. In 1959,shortly after the Colony of Singapore gained self-governance,publisher Sin Poh Amalgamated ended publication of Singapore Standard. It was reported that Aw Cheng Taik,a relative of Aw Boon Haw and former managing director of Singapore Standard,founded another "Tiger Newspaper" in August 1959 in Kuala Lumpur in the Federation of Malaya,which published in Chinese language. "Kuala Lumpur Tiger" ceased publication in 1961 due to financial difficulties. Singapore Standard,the Federation of Malaya edition was also published by the same press for nearby Federation of Malaya.
Aw family is the family member of Aw Chu Kin and his descendant. Aw Chu Kin started his business in Burma,which his two sons expanded it into a multi-national conglomerate that from Chinese medicines to newspaper,as well as bank,insurance and real estate. However,the family started to decline in the third generation,by the takeover of family-owned listed company Haw Par Brothers International in Singapore in 1971,which saw Sin Poh Amalgamated,Chung Khiaw Bank and Haw Par Brothers (Thailand) were spin-off from the listed company. Before the dismantle,the key position of the business empire was served by third-generation member and their spouse,which they were removed after the takeover. However,Sally Aw,granddaughter of Aw Chu Kin,remained as one of the influential media tycoon in Hong Kong in 1990s,until forced to sell her Sing Tao Holdings in 1999 due to financial difficulties.
