Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales
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JP | |
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| Chairman of Urban Council | |
| In office 1 April 1973 – 31 March 1983 | |
| Succeeded by | Hilton Cheong-Leen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales 13 January 1920 Shamian French Concession, Canton |
| Died | 6 March 2020 (aged 100) Hong Kong |
| Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shā Lìshì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sā Leih sih |
| Jyutping | Saa1 Lei6 si6 |
Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales,
He was for many years the unofficial member of the Urban Council and became its first unofficial chairman from 1973-81. He was also a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee.
Biography
Sales was born in
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 the Amateur 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.[4]
He was appointed a member of the Urban 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 his Portuguese nationality. He died in Hong Kong, aged 100.[5]
Honours
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Sales received numerous honours for his public service including being made an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), later elevated to Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Prince Henry (GCIH, in 1999), and the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) in 1998.
See also
- List of people with Hong Kong SAR honours since 1997
- Rogerio Hyndman Lobo
- José Pedro Braga
References
- ^ Sousa, Ivo Carneiro de (2007). "Laudatio in Commendation of the Granting of the Honorary Doctorate to Arnaldo De Oliveira Sales". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ISBN 978-9889966836.
- ^ "JCI". 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Father of Hong Kong sport a de O Sales dies, aged 100". 7 March 2020.
Sources
- Urban Council, Urban Council Annual Report, 1974