The Aw family is the family of Aw Chu Kin and his descendants. Aw Chu Kin started his business in then Burma,which his two sons expanded into a multi-national conglomerate that ranged from Chinese medicines to newspapers,as well as banks,insurance and real estate.
However,the family started to decline in the third generation,on the takeover of the family-owned listed company Haw Par Brothers International in Singapore in 1971,which saw Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated,Chung Khiaw Bank and Haw Par Brothers (Thailand) spin off from the listed company. Before the dismantling,the key position of the business empire was served by third-generation member and their spouse,who were removed after the takeover. However,Sally Aw,granddaughter of founder Aw Chu Kin,remained an influential media tycoon in Hong Kong in 1990s,until forced to sell her Sing Tao Holdings in 1999 due to financial difficulties.
In 1985,the family owned Haw Par Villa was given to the government of Singapore.
Members
Note:starting from the fourth generation,not all member are listed
Dato[1][2]Aw Kow (Chinese:胡蛟) D.K.L.P.,B.B.M. ,adopted son of Aw Boon Haw;he was the managing director of Sin Chew Jit Poh and the owner of Eastern Sun;[3][4] he was invited to the Fujian Provincial Assembly in 1947;[5] he married Tan (Chinese:陳家裕,also known as Datin Aw Kow),daughter of a pastor from the Methodist church;she chaired Eastern Sun. He died on 1 March 1982[6]
Sally Aw (Aw Sian,Chinese:胡仙) O.B.E. ,adopted daughter of Aw Boon Haw,chairwoman of Sing Tao Holdings until 1999;she replaced Aw Swan to manage Sing Tao since 1952
Dato Aw Cheng Chye (Chinese:胡清才) S.P.M.J.,B.B.M.,son of Aw Boon Par,chairman of Haw Par Brothers (Private),Haw Par Brothers International,Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated and director of Chung Khiaw Bank and many companies. Married to Tay Chwee Sian (Datin Aw Cheng Chye),director of Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited from 1975 to 1978
Aw Cheng Taik (Chinese:胡清德),son of Aw Boon Par,managing director of Singapore Tiger Standard after the death of Aw Hoe;was general manager in 1950. Still served as a director of charity organization "Haw Par Music Foundation Limited",founded by Sally Aw as of 2017.[17]
Aw Cheng Hu (Chinese:胡清河,also known as Datin Lee Chee Shan,or Emma Aw),eldest daughter of Aw Boon Par,[18] married to Dato[1] Lee Chee Shan (Chinese:李志城),first cousin once removed of Aw Boon Haw,[19] the lifetime president (managing director) of Chung Khiaw Bank until he was retired in July 1971,Lee died in 1986.[19][20] Aw Cheng Hu was the vice-chairman of Singapore Sōgetsu-ryū Association.[21] Both Lee and Aw Cheng Hu were said to be philanthropists.[18][19] Aw Cheng Hu said to have died in a house of Housing and Development Board in 2010[22]
Aw Cheng Sin (Chinese:胡清心),daughter of Aw Boon Par,also known by her Thai name after naturalization,Suri Santipongchai,married to Lee Aik Sim (Lee A. Santipongchai),were the directors of Haw Par Brothers (Thailand) until resigning in 1972;[23] owned and operated the Thai newspaper Sing Sian Yer Pao,published in Chinese,until 2010.
Fourth generation
Aw Toke Tone (Fred Aw,Chinese:胡督東),son of Aw Hoe,[24] managing director of Hongkong Tiger Standard (as early as 1960s to?),[25] director and minority shareholder of Sing Tao after it became a listed company[26]
Marcia Aw (Chinese:胡美三),daughter of Aw Hoe,[24] executive director of Changing Young Lives Foundation (was a branch of Save the Children in Hong Kong)[28]
Aw Toke Soon (Chinese:胡督信),son of Aw Cheng Chye,director of Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited from 1975 to 1978,president of a surfing club in 1970s.[32]
Aw Toke Ghee (Chinese:胡督義),son of Aw Cheng Chye,businessman,born August 1952[33]
Chinese:李坤珊,daughter of Lee A. Santipongchai and Suri Santipongchai,managing director of Sing Sian Yer Pao in the 2000s.[35]
Teng Gee Sigurðsson née Lee daughter of Aw Cheng Hu and Lee Chee Shan.[20] Married to Jón Baldur Sigurðsson.[36] Founded a mime school in Iceland in 1969. She lives with her husband and two children[37]
Fifth generation
May Chu Harding née Lee,granddaughter of Lee Chee Shan[20] co-author of autobiography Escape from Paradise.
Aw Boon Haw,his son Aw Kow,his daughter Sally Aw and his nephew Aw Cheng Taik had founded several newspapers,but none of them are owned by the family at present.
↑舒, 庆祥 (16 November 2012). "Xīng zhōu rì bào yǔ wǒ" 星洲日报与我[Sin Chew Daily and I]. 观点. sinchew.com.my (in Simplified Chinese). Petaling Jaya: Media Chinese International. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
↑"Datuk Aw Kow". advertisement. The Straits Times. Singapore. 3 March 1982. Retrieved 19 October 2017– via Singapore National Library.
↑"谭彼得先生令岳父胡蛟老先生千古". advertisement. Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) (in Chinese). 3 March 1982. Retrieved 19 October 2017– via Singapore National Library.
↑"星滑水总会主办一系列滑水赛下月在圣淘沙举行". Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) (in Chinese). 14 October 1979. Retrieved 13 October 2017– via Singapore National Library.
↑王, 賡武, ed. (2017). 香港史新編(增訂版) (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Vol.2 (1ed.). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p.596. ISBN978-962-04-3885-1. Retrieved 14 October 2017– via Google Books preview.
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