Sally Aw
Aw Sian also known as Sally Aw, OBE, DStJ, JP, 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.
Early life
Sally Aw was born in Rangoon in 1932 during the British Raj. At age 5, Sally was adopted by fellow relative Aw Boon Haw.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.
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 she founded in 1963 and Tin Tin Daily News she owned via Sing Tao Holdings' listed subsidiary
Due to the Asian financial crisis and a corruption case in which she was named co-conspirator in 1998, 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.