Aw Chu Kin
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Gender | Male |
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Children | Aw Boon Haw |
Aw Boon Par | |
Grandchildren | Sally Aw |
Aw Hoe | |
Aw Cheng Chye | |
Aw Cheng Taik | |
Aw Cheng Hu | |
Great grandchild | Aw Toke Tone |
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ID | 1437041 |
Aw Chu Kin Life story
Aw Chu Kin was a Burmese Chinese herbalist. He is best known as the original inventor of Tiger Balm. Aw's father was a Chinese herbology practitioner in Xiamen and a Hakka Chinese with ancestry in Yongding County. Being of a poor background, Aw first immigrated to Singapore where he stayed at the kongsi of his clan.