South China Morning Post
In pictures: Haw Par Mansion and the long-lost Tiger Balm Garden
Tiger Balm Garden was a sprawling park adjoining the eye-catching Haw Par Mansion. While the former was demolished in 2004, the latter is now being transformed into Hong Kong’s first ‘cultural villa’
An ornate installation in the garden grounds, 1970. Photo: SCMP Archives
A “dragon” snakes through the garden, 1976. Photo: SCMP Archives
Haw Par Mansion, as seen in 1976, with the Tiger Pagoda in the background. Photo: SCMP Archives
Murals and statues at the garden, in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archive
Photo opportunities aplenty, in 1986. Photo: SCMP Archives
A fierce-looking attraction, 1987. Photo: SCMP Archives
Lady Jane Akers-Jones, the wife of Sir David Akers-Jones, the then chairman of the Housing Authority, celebrates the 1988 Spring Lantern Festival at Tiger Balm Garden. Photo: SCMP Archives
A rainy day in 1998. Photo: SCMP Archives
Haw Par Mansion on a finer day in 1998. Photo: SCMP Archives
Tiger Balm Garden in 1999. For most of its existence, the garden was free to enter for the public. Photo: SCMP Archives
An open day at Haw Par Mansion in 2010. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Haw Par Mansion in 2013, after the surrounding garden had been demolished. Photo: Dickson Lee
In 2015, the mansion’s grand entrance was showing its age. Photo: Nora Tam