The landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million by
Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935. In 1961, Aw It Haw (), fourth son of late
Aw Boon Haw, made an open invitation to the public to buy the land, claiming the land was owned by a family-owned company Haw Par Brothers (Private) Limited () chaired by Aw Cheng Chye, son of late
Aw Boon Par, which Aw It Haw also claimed that he was authorized by Aw Cheng Chye to published the advertisement of that invitation. However, the head of the flagship business of the late Aw Boon Haw in Hong Kong,
Sin Poh Amalgamated (H.K.) Limited, the publisher of
Sing Tao Daily, was Aw It Haw's half sister
Sally Aw. The lawsuit of the heritage of Aw Boon Haw was settled in 1967. In 1978 it was reported that
Cheung Kong Holdings was interested to redevelop the area. The purchase price was a reported HK$25 million. Cheung Kong Holdings also purchased the contractual rights that Haw Par Brothers (Private) leasing the land to
Haw Par Brothers International for 20 years in 1969 (i.e. 10 year remaining in 1979) for a reported HK$40 million. Cheung Kong Holdings built on the land lease known as Inland Lot No. 5710. It was reported Sally Aw had bought back part of the Tiger Balm Garden and the mansion in 1984, which was known as Inland Lot No. 8972. 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 2001, The Hong Kong Government reached an agreement with Cheung Kong that, as part of the land premium payment, the Hong Kong
Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was responsible to preserve and restore the Haw Par Mansion itself together with its private garden as a museum. Cheung Kong only paid HK$943 million as land premium to the government to change the terms in the land lease for redevelopment due to the surrender of the mansion to the government. When the Tiger Balm Garden was demolished for redevelopment ==Features==