Ah Boon Haw (Chinese: 胡文虎; Pinyin: Hú Wénhǔ; 1882 - 1954) was a well-known Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm born in Rangoon, Burma in 1882. His family was of Hakka descent and his ancestors were from Yongding County, Fujian Province. He later migrated to Singapore, where he began the business of Tiger Red Balm with his brother Aw Boon Par. His legacy is found in the Haw Par Villas throughout Asia, including in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Fujian Province. Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音方案; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音方案; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n fāngàn), while pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)), is a system of romanization (phonemic notation... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家; Simplified Chinese: 客家; Pinyin: kèjiā, lit. ... Yongding is a county in Fujian province, China. ... Fujian (Chinese: 福建; pinyin: Fújiàn; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Haw Par Villa (Chinese: 虎豹别墅) is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore. ...

Ah Boon Haw founded several newspapers, including Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報) and Guang Ming Daily (光明日報), which are both based in Malaysia. Sing Tao Daily (星島日報) dated back to 1938, based in Hong Kong. Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報) or Sin Chew Daily, is a major newspaper in Malaysia. ... Guang Ming Daily (Chinese : 光明日報) was previously known as Sin Pin Daily (Chinese : 星檳日報), Sin Pin Daily was founded by the Aw brothers which have also started Sin Chew Daily. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Boon Haw died in 1954 at the age of 72 from a heart attack on a trip to Hong Kong from Boston, following a major operation. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...

Note: Ah Boon Haw is often translate into Cantonese as Wu Man Fu. Ah Boon Haw's sister name is Wu Sin, as mentioned in the Sing Tao Daily article This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...