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Tiger Balm Garden (虎豹別墅), also called Aw Boon Haw Garden, was located at 15, Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong. The garden was adjoining the Haw Par Mansion and its private garden. The Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment〔(Hong Kong Island West Drainage Tunnel. Impact on cultural heritage. January 2006 )〕 in 2004.〔(Doug Meigs, "Balmy days of Tiger Balm heritage", ''China Daily eClips'', Nov 11 2010 )〕 The Haw Par Mansion and its private garden have been preserved.〔(Brief Information on Proposed Grade I Items. Item #94 )〕 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.〔 ==History== The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935.〔(orientalarchitecture.com "Tiger Balm Gardens (1935)" )〕 Opened to the public in the early 1950s, it was one of the first theme parks in Hong Kong. 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.〔 In 1998 the heir to the property, Sally Aw Sian, sold the entire Garden complex to the land development company Cheung Kong for redevelopment.〔〔("Nobody wants the Haw Par Mansion. Government groups reject Aw family home", ''South China Morning Post'', 2 May 2007 )〕 The Hong Kong Government reached an agreement with Cheung Kong that, as part of the redevelopment, the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was to preserve and restore the Haw Par Mansion itself together with its private garden as a museum.〔Antiquities and Monuments Office.2004(DEC).Heritage Hong Kong(14)〕 When the Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment〔 in 2004, many of the garden's murals and statues were salvaged by the AMO.〔 The site of the Garden is now occupied by the residential development The Legend at Jardine's Lookout.〔 Occupancy of the residence started in the first quarter of 2007.〔(thaiworldview.com "Tiger Balm Garden" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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