Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales,
GBM,
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
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
Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Servic ...
and became its first unofficial chairman from 1973-81. He was also a member of the
Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Consultative Committee (BLCC; 香港基本法諮詢委員會) was an official body established in 1985 to canvass views in Hong Kong on the drafts of the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Background
The f ...
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Biography
Sales was born in
Shameen,
Canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ente ...
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
La Salle College (LSC) (, Demonym: Lasallian) is a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was established in 1932 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St. John Bapt ...
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
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
.
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
Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Servic ...
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
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(OBE), later elevated to Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Grand Cross of the Portuguese
Order of Prince Henry
The Order of Prince Henry ( pt, Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique) is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on 2 June 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of ...
(GCIH, in 1999), and the
Grand Bauhinia Medal
The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the ...
(GBM) in 1998.
See also
*
List of people with Hong Kong SAR honours since 1997
*
Rogerio Hyndman Lobo
*
José Pedro Braga
References
Sources
*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
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