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 October, 2008
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F
T
Form
40-F _____
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this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. )
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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：
An
announcement on the issue of commercial paper by China Netcom Group Corporation
(Hong Kong) Limited (the“Registrant”), made by the
Registrant on October 8, 2008.
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CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated in Hong
Kong with limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 0906)
ISSUE OF COMMERCIAL
PAPER
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China
Netcom (Group) Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Netcom
Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, has completed the issue of the
first tranche of commercial paper for the year 2008 of an amount of RMB10
billion.
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Reference
is made to the announcement made by China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong)
Limited (the “Company”) on 24 September 2008. The Company announces
that China Netcom (Group) Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, completed the issue of the first tranche of commercial paper for the
year 2008 of an amount of RMB10 billion on 8 October 2008, with a maturity
period of 365 days and at an interest rate of 4.47%. Interests will
accrue from 8 October 2008.
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By
order of the Board
CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Zuo
Xunsheng
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Hong
Kong, 8 October 2008
As
at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company
comprises Mr. Zuo Xunsheng, Ms. Li Jianguo 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:
October 8, 2008