Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales

Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales
沙利士
Chairman of Urban Council
In office
1 April 1973 – 31 March 1983
Succeeded byHilton Cheong-Leen
Personal details
Born
Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales

(1920-01-13)13 January 1920
Shamian French Concession, Canton
Died6 March 2020(2020-03-06) (aged 100)
Hong Kong
Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales
Chinese沙利士
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShā Lìshì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSā Leih sih
JyutpingSaa1 Lei6 si6

Arnaldo Augusto de Oliveira Sales, GBM, CBE, GCIH, JP, (Chinese: 沙利士; 13 January 1920 – 6 March 2020)[1] 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.[2][3]

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.

  1. ^ Sousa, Ivo Carneiro de (2007). "Laudatio in Commendation of the Granting of the Honorary Doctorate to Arnaldo De Oliveira Sales". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ Bickley, Verner (29 February 2008). Bickley, Gillian (ed.). Forward to Beijing! a Guide to the Summer Olympics. Proverse Hong Kong. ISBN 978-9889966836.
  3. ^ "JCI". 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 May 2007.