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Sidney Samuel Gordon was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was the son of the managing director of British Lion Films in Scotland.
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In his early life he suffered from chronic ill health and was diagnosed with pleurisy as a child. However, due to the experience he had accumulated in the Scottish accounting industry he was asked to work in the United Kingdom"s biggest munitions factory at Ardeer in Ayrshire. lieutenant was while working as an accountant here that Sidney was offered a position with Lowe, Bingham and Thomsons (which later became Lowe, Bingham and Mathews, and later PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Hong Kong.
Sidney accepted this position in 1947, and by 1956 had become a senior partner at the firm.
Sidney Gordon was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1967 and was knighted in 1972 for services to Hong Kong. He also received the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 1999, the highest award available to the Hong Kong government.
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2007 (aged 89)