Haw Par Mansion | |
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虎豹別墅 | |
Location | 15 Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
Area | 3.2 hectares (32,000 m2) |
Opened | 1950s |
Founder | Aw Boon Haw |
Designation | |
Designated | 18 December 2009 |
Tiger Balm Garden | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 虎豹別墅 | ||||||||
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Tiger Balm Garden | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 萬金油花園 | ||||||||
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Aw Boon Haw Garden | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 胡文虎花園 | ||||||||
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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 [1] in 2004. [2] The Haw Par Mansion and its private garden have been preserved. [3]
The Hong Kong Haw Par Mansion and its formerly adjoining Tiger Balm Garden were one of three Tiger Balm mansions and gardens. The others are located in Singapore (now the Haw Par Villa) and in Fujian province,where the gardens remain. [2]
The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935. [4]
In 1961,Aw It Haw (Chinese :胡一虎),fourth son of late Aw Boon Haw,made an open invitation to the public to buy the land,claiming the land was owned by a family-owned company Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited (Chinese :虎豹兄有限公司) chaired by Aw Cheng Chye,son of late Aw Boon Par,which Aw It Haw also claimed that he was authorized by Aw Cheng Chye to published the advertisement of that invitation. [5] However,the head of the flagship business of the late Aw Boon Haw in Hong Kong,Sin Poh Amalgamated (H.K.) Limited,the publisher of Sing Tao Daily ,was Aw It Haw's half sister Sally Aw. The lawsuit of the heritage of Aw Boon Haw was settled in 1967. [6]
In 1978 it was reported that Cheung Kong Holdings was interested to redevelop the area. [7] The purchase price was a reported HK$25 million. [8] Cheung Kong Holdings also purchased the contractual rights that Haw Par Brothers (Private) leasing the land to Haw Par Brothers International for 20 years in 1969 (i.e. 10 year remaining in 1979) for a reported HK$40 million. [9] [10] Cheung Kong Holdings built Ronsdale Garden on the land lease known as Inland Lot No. 5710. It was reported Sally Aw had bought back part of the Tiger Balm Garden and the mansion in 1984, [11] which was known as Inland Lot No. 8972.
In 1985,the garden was converted into the "Haw Par Villa" amusement park. Many of the sculptures were replaced by rides at that time,and were later replaced again by the old statues. [2]
In 1998 the heir to the property,Sally Aw,sold the entire Garden complex to the land development company Cheung Kong (via Metrofond Limited) for redevelopment. [2] [12] In 2001,The Hong Kong Government reached an agreement with Cheung Kong that,as part of the land premium payment,the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was responsible to preserve and restore the Haw Par Mansion itself together with its private garden as a museum. [13] Cheung Kong only paid HK$943 million as land premium to the government to change the terms in the land lease for redevelopment [14] due to the surrender of the mansion to the government.
When the Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment [1] in 2004,many of the garden's murals and statues were salvaged by the AMO. [2] The site of the Garden is now occupied by the residential development The Legend at Jardine's Lookout. [2] Occupancy of the residence started in the first quarter of 2007. [15]
The original gardens covered eight acres (3.2 ha). [1] A seven-storey Tiger Pagoda was the highlight of the garden. Other tourist attractions included artificial Chinese landscaping dotted with sculptures.
The three-storey Haw Par Mansion was the Aw family's residence in Hong Kong. It was built in 1935 in the Chinese Renaissance style. [3] There are more than 500 relics in the Mansion;they underwent restoration and repair[ when? ]. [16] The building became a Grade II historic building [17] in 2000 [3] and was granted Grade I status on 18 December 2009. [18]
The historic garden is also featured in the Japanese manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure,created by manga artist Hirohiko Araki.
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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 Singaporean 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.
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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.
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