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| Born | 1932 (age 91–92) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
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| Chinese | 胡仙 | ||||||||||||
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Aw Sian also known as Sally Aw, OBE,DStJ,JP ,(born 1932) [1] is a Hong Kong businesswoman and daughter of the Burmese-born entrepreneur and newspaper proprietor Aw Boon-haw. Sally Aw was nicknamed Tiger Balm Lady as well as Chinese Howard Hughes. [2]
Sally Aw was born in Rangoon in 1932 during the British Raj. At age 5,Sally was adopted by fellow relative Aw Boon Haw. [3]
Aw Boon-haw's third son Aw Hoe was killed in a plane crash in 1951 and after his own death in 1954,Aw Sian,then 22,inherited the newspaper empire of Hong Kong. [1]
Aw was known foremost as a media mogul,proprietor of the English language business newspaper The Standard and the Chinese language news group Sing Tao Holdings,including Sing Tao Daily and Sing Tao Wan Pao,founded by her father in 1938,as well as Express News (Chinese :快報) she founded in 1963 [4] and Tin Tin Daily News she owned via Sing Tao Holdings' listed subsidiary Culturecom Holdings (better known as its Hong Kong subsidiary Jademan Holdings)
Due to the Asian financial crisis and a corruption case in which she was named co-conspirator in 1998, [5] : 132 Aw was forced to sell her media interests.
In 1997,Aw was appointed to be a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. [1]
In 1988,she won the Carr Van Anda Award from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. [1] The award,named after the former managing editor of the New York Times,is awarded yearly for journalism contributions. Aw was given the award for building Sing Tao into an international Chinese-language newspaper. [1]
The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012. It was formerly called the Hongkong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom but partially reverted to The Standard in 2001.
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.
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,pharmaceuticals,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.
Tiger Balm is an analgesic heat rub manufactured and distributed by Singaporean company Haw Par Healthcare. It is used for external pain relief.
Haw Par Villa is a theme park located along Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese Literature,folklore,legends,history,and statuary of key Chinese religions,Taoism,Buddhism and Confucianism. During the 1970s and 1980s,the park was a major local attraction;it is estimated that the park then welcomed at least 1 million annual visitors,and is considered as part of Singapore's cultural heritage. As of 2018,under the park's management firm,Journeys Pte Ltd,efforts to revitalise the park are ongoing with the holding of themed events and the planning and construction of ancillary museums.
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.
Tiger Balm Gardens are public gardens that existed or continue to exist in three East Asia locations. They are also known as Haw Par Villa gardens.
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.
Aw Boon Par was an entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm.
Aw Chu Kin was a Burmese Chinese herbalist. He is best known as the original inventor of Tiger Balm.
Joseph Hsu King-shing also transliterated as Hsu King-Seng was a Chinese professional football player and manager. Born in Shanghai,Hsu moved to Hong Kong to continue his professional career and never returned to the mainland China to play nor coach. He coached both Hong Kong and Republic of China (Taiwan),as well as managed Singtao for more than a decade.
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.
Aw Cheng ChyeS.P.M.J.,B.B.M.,O.St.J was a Singaporean millionaire,businessman,company director,philanthropist and son of businessman Aw Boon Par. Aw Cheng Chye himself was the chairman of Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited and Haw Par Brothers International Limited until his sudden death on 22 August 1971 in Santiago de Chile.
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. During its peak Sing Sian Yer Pao sold 600,000 copies a day and was known as the "Chinese Thairath". 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.
Eastern Sun was an English-language newspaper that ran from 1966 to 1971 in Singapore. In 1971,Eastern Sun was exposed for having ties to a communist agency in Hong Kong,China,and that they would be paid to not oppose the People's Republic of China on major issues and would remain neutral on minor ones.
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