Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales, GBM,

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, GCIH, JP, (; 13 January 1920 – 6 March 2020) was a Hong Kong/Portuguese sports figure who was chairman of the Hong Kong Olympic Academy and president of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong. He was for many years the unofficial member of the

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and became its first unofficial chairman from 1973-81. He was also a member of the

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Biography

Sales was born in Shameen,

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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,

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and St 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 the

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. 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. He was appointed a member of the

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.

Honours

Sales received numerous honours for his public service including being made an Honorary Officer of the

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(OBE), later elevated to Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Grand Cross of the Portuguese

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(GCIH, in 1999), and the

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(GBM) in 1998.

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*Urban Council, ''Urban Council Annual Report'', 1974 1920 births 2020 deaths Businesspeople from Guangzhou Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong Portuguese businesspeople Hong Kong people of Portuguese descent Macanese people Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members Hong Kong Civic Association politicians Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong politicians Honorary Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Politicians from Guangzhou Hong Kong centenarians Men centenarians Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong {{HongKong-business-bio-stub

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