Several wealthy Hong Kong people have donated many thousands of pounds in cash to London museums in recent years to no doubt delight in seeing their names etched on to the entrance doors to galleries.
Others have joined the distinctly Americanesque rush to buy up redundant manors and dubious titles in Scotland believing that owning a castle brings with it a vicarious power and prestige.
But for those not so well-heeled here is another offer. There is a small, not very attractive town near the Yorkshire city of Leeds known as Morley. For just GBP30,000 - that's around HK$350,000 to you sir, the burghers of Morley will name a road in your honour.
It is first come, first served, I am afraid. There is only one road on offer at the moment, but it is next to Queen Street and Wesley Street, for the religiously inclined, and who knows, make a generous enough donation and I'll bet any money they will find another street suitable for a new nomenclature.
I am told that Morley was once the rhubarb capital of England, but don't let that influence you.
There is, of course, a long history in all this road naming - Hong Kong teems with them from early colonial days when every Governor or a crony could see their names in black and white plates. London's squares are named after aristocracy, Nottingham makes a habit of naming them after sports stars and I once lived in a flat in Liverpool adjacent to, if my memory serves me right, Marx Avenue and Lenin Drive. Guess which group was in power when that part of the city was developed.
People can buy - in Britain at least - personalised number plates.
