David Harilela
Car plates: DH 8878 and JH 11
“Forty years ago, I had just bought my first car and wanted an auspicious licence plate to christen it. I’m a big believer in feng shui so when the plate DH 8878 came up for auction, I knew I wanted it. The number eight has always been lucky for me, so I bought it for HK$20,000. For many years it brought me luck. I decided to pass it on to my daughters who share my initials. I hope it will bring good fortune to the generations that follow.
“My father Jethanand Harilela was the patriarch of our family. At his 80th birthday, his brothers gifted him the licence plate JH 11 to represent his initials and the number one to symbolise his position as head of the family. He later gifted it to me and told me that the second number ‘1’ represented me, as I am the eldest son of the eldest brother in the family.”