Aw Sian also known as Sally Aw,

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, DStJ, JP, (born 1932) is a

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businesswoman and daughter of the British Raj Burma-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 1932 during the

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. 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

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business newspaper ''

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'' and the

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news group

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, including ''

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'' 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

' listed subsidiary (better known as its Hong Kong subsidiary Jademan Holdings) Due to the

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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.

Industry recognition

In 1988, she won the Carr Van Anda Award from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. 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.

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in offshore leaks database 1932 births Living people Aw family Hong Kong newspaper people Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Burmese people of Chinese descent People from Yongding District, Longyan Hong Kong women in business Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Hong Kong politicians Sing Tao News Corporation {{HongKong-bio-stub

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