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Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales 沙利士 | |
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| Chairman ofUrban Council | |
| In office 1 April 1973 – 31 March 1983 | |
| Succeeded by | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
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| Born | Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales (1920-01-13)13 January 1920 |
| Died | 6 March 2020(2020-03-06) (aged 100) |
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Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira SalesGBMCBEGCIHJP (Chinese:沙利士; 13 January 1920 – 6 March 2020)[1][2] was a Hong Kong-Portuguese sports figure who was chairman of the Hong Kong Olympic Academy and president of theSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong.[3][4]
He was for many years an unofficial member of theUrban Council and became its first unofficial chairman from 1973-81.[5]He was also a member of theHong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee.
Sales was born inShameen,Canton in the French concession in about 1920, where his great-great-grandfather had settled. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 8 and attended several Roman Catholic schools, including St Joseph's Branch School,La Salle College andSt Joseph's Seminary, Macau. After he returned to Hong Kong, he attended a business school to prepare for joining the family business. He evacuated to Macau with other third nationals during theSecond World War.
After he returned to Hong Kong, Sales married his childhood friend, Edith. He helped rehabilitate the Portuguese Club, the Club Lusitano de Hong Kong, and participated in the administration of the club and sports. He helped found theAmateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee with other sports-conscious people in 1950, and became the Committee's president. He also joined the Junior Chamber of Commerce and was elected its world president in 1955; he traveled to more than 80 countries in that capacity.[6]
He was appointed a member of theUrban Council from 1 April 1957, and its first unofficial chairman elected by the members of the council from 1 April 1973 until 1981. He retained hisPortuguese nationality. He died in Hong Kong, aged 100.[7]
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Sales received numerous honours for his public service including being made an Honorary Officer of theOrder of the British Empire (OBE), later elevated to Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Grand Cross of the PortugueseOrder of Prince Henry (GCIH, in 1999), and theGrand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) in 1998.
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| Preceded byasDirector of Urban Services | Chairman of theUrban Council 1973–1981 | Succeeded by |
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