Hari Harilela: Made in Hong Kong

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HARI HARILELA is famed for his hotels, lavish family home and his rags-to-riches success story. Yet his personal life, thoughts and goals have rarely made it into the public sphere. In his later years, Dr Hari began writing his Memoirs, focused on a theme of Lifelong Learning, but these were unfinished on his death in 2014. This book takes his Memoir as a starting point for an in-depth investigation of his roots, life and legacy.
Hari was the second of eight children of a Sindhi businessman and his devout wife. When their prosperous business in southern China collapsed in the Depression, the family had to move to Hong Kong with nothing. Here in the 1930s, young Hari and his brother George began their business careers as street hawkers. They supported their growing family through World War Two and led a post-war family business which became one of Asia’s biggest tailoring enterprises. Then Hari broke into property and hotel investments, carving a whole new path in the Sindhi commercial world. His vision, determination and hard work led his family from a crowded tenement into one of Hong Kong’s most opulent mansions. Along the way, he built a dynasty to honour his father’s name, holding his family close through both poverty and riches. A ready participant in social and philanthropic affairs, Hari became a great man of Hong Kong.

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