FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of April, 2008
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China
Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
Building
C, No. 156, Fuxingmennei Avenue
Xicheng
District
Beijing,
100031 PRC
This
Form 6-K consists of:
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1
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An
announcement on the poll results of annual general meeting held on 22 May
2008 by China Netcom Group Corporation Hong Kong) Limited (the
“Registrant”), and
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2
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An
announcement on the retirement of an independent non-executive director of
the Registrant;
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each
made by the Registrant in English on May 22, 2008.
CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
中國網通集團(香港)有限公司
(Incorporated
in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock
Code: 906)
Annual
General Meeting held on 22 May 2008
Poll
Results
The
board of directors (the “Board”) of China Netcom Group
Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to
announce that the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of the Company held in
The Ballroom, Island Shangri-la, Hong Kong on 22 May 2008 at 3:00 p.m. were duly
passed as ordinary resolutions. The poll results in respect of such resolutions
are as follows:
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Resolutions
passed at
the
Annual General Meeting
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No.
of Votes (%)
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For
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Against
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1
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To
receive and consider the financial statements and the Reports of the
Directors and of the Auditors for the year ended 31 December
2007.
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6,077,168,634 (99.980982%)
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1,156,000 (0.019018%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of the resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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2
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To
declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December
2007.
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6,132,375,329 (99.999866%)
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8,240 (0.000134%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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3
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(i) To
re-elect Mr. Zhang Chunjiang as a Director.
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6,119,139,526 (99.784031%)
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13,244,043 (0.215969%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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(ii) To
re-elect Ms. Li Jianguo as a Director.
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6,121,750,786 (99.826613%)
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10,632,783 (0.173387%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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(iii) To
re-elect Mr. Zhang Xiaotie as a Director.
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6,119,140,506 (99.784047%)
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13,243,063 (0.215953%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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(iv) To
re-elect Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel as a Director.
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6,121,747,946 (99.826592%)
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10,634,063 (0.173408%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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(v) To
re-elect Mr. John Lawson Thornton as a Director.
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6,129,186,969 (99.947899%)
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3,195,040 (0.052101%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary
resolution.
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4
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To
re-appoint Messrs. PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors and to authorise the
Directors to fix their remuneration.
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6,131,885,409 (99.999647%)
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21,660 (0.000353%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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5
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To
give a general mandate to the Directors to repurchase shares in the
Company not exceeding 10% of the aggregate nominal amount of the existing
issued share capital.
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6,131,335,069 (99.982886%)
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1,049,500 (0.017114%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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6
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To
give a general mandate to the Directors to issue, allot and deal with
additional shares in the Company not exceeding 20% of the existing issued
share capital
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5,454,897,066 (89.024642%)
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672,504,203 (10.975358%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary resolution.
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7
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To
extend the general mandate granted to the Directors to issue, allot and
deal with shares by the number of shares repurchased.
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5,431,064,259 (88.635659%)
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696,339,010 (11.364341%)
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As
more than 50% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution, the
resolution was duly passed as an ordinary
resolution.
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As
at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was
6,688,406,300 shares, which was the total number of shares entitling the holders
to attend and vote for or against all the resolutions proposed at the AGM. There
were no restrictions on any shareholder casting votes on any of the proposed
resolutions at the AGM.
Computershare
Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company, acted
as scrutineer for the vote-taking at the AGM.
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By
Order of the Board
China Netcom Group Corporation
(Hong Kong) Limited
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Mok
Kam Wan Huo
Haifeng
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Joint
Company Secretaries
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Hong Kong, 22 May
2008
As
at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company
comprises Mr. Zhang Chunjiang, Mr. Zuo Xunsheng, Ms. Li Jianguo, Mr. Zhang
Xiaotie and Mr. Li Fushen as executive directors, Mr. Yan Yixun, Mr. Cesareo
Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete as non-executive directors and
Mr. John Lawson Thornton, Dr. Qian Yingyi, Mr. Hou Ziqiang and Mr. Timpson Chung
Shui Ming as independent non-executive directors.
CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated in Hong
Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock
Code: 906)
Retirement
of Independent Non-Executive Director
The
board of directors (the “Board”) of China Netcom Group
Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Company”) announces that Mr.
Victor CHA Mou Zing (“Mr. Cha”), an independent non-executive director of the
Company, retired as a director at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting
of the Company held on 22 May 2008, due to his other business
commitments. Upon his retirement, Mr. Cha has also ceased to be a
member of the audit committee, the nominating and corporate governance committee
and supervision committee of the Board of the Company on 22 May
2008.
Mr.
Cha has confirmed that there is no disagreement with the Board and that there is
no matter relating to his retirement that needs to be brought to the attention
of the shareholders of the Company.
The
Board takes this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Mr. Cha during
his office as independent non-executive director of the Company with the highest
regard.
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By
Order of the Board
CHINA NETCOM GROUP
CORPORATION
(HONG
KONG) LIMITED
Zhang
Chunjiang
Chairman
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Hong
Kong, 22 May 2008
As
at the date of this announcement, the Board of the Company comprises Mr. Zhang
Chunjiang, Mr. Zuo Xunsheng, Ms. Li Jianguo, Mr. Zhang Xiaotie and Mr. Li Fushen
as executive directors, Mr. Yan Yixun, Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José
María Álvarez-Pallete as non-executive directors, and Mr. John Lawson Thornton,
Dr. Qian Yingyi, Mr. Hou Ziqiang and Mr. Timpson Chung Shui Ming as independent
non-executive directors.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the under-signed, thereunto duly
authorized.
CHINA NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG
KONG) LIMITED
By /s/
Huo
Haifeng
By /s/
Mok Kam
Wan
Name: Huo
Haifeng and Mok Kam Wan
Title: Joint
Company
Secretaries
Date:
May 23, 2008