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 December, 2007
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
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to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. )
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connection with
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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 results of extraordinary general
meeting
held on December 6, 2007 of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
(the “Registrant”), made by the Registrant in English on December 6,
2007.
CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated
in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies
Ordinance)
(Stock
Code: 906)
Extraordinary
General Meeting held on 6 December 2007
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 Extraordinary General Meeting
of
the Company held on 6 December 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in The Ballroom, Island
Shangri-la, Hong Kong (the “EGM”) were duly passed as ordinary
and special resolutions. The poll results in respect of such ordinary and
special resolutions are as follows:
Ordinary
Resolution
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For
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Against
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1
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The
continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Engineering
and
Information Technology Services Agreement 2008 - 2010, as described
in the
paragraph headed “Continuing Connected Transactions” under the section
“Letter from the Chairman” of the circular of the Company dated 9 November
2007, together with the relevant annual caps be and are hereby
approved
and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to
do all
such further acts and things and execute such further documents
and take
all such steps which in their opinion may be necessary, desirable
or
expedient to implement and/or give effect to the terms of such
continuing
connected transactions.
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1,417,838,550 (99.9999%)
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2,060 (0.0001%)
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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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No.
of votes (%)
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Ordinary
Resolution
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For
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Against
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2
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The
continuing connected transactions contemplated under the Domestic
Interconnection Settlement Agreement 2008 - 2010 and the International
Long Distance Voice Services Settlement Agreement 2008 - 2010,
as
described in the paragraph headed “Continuing Connected Transactions”
under the section “Letter from the Chairman” of the circular of the
Company dated 9 November 2007 and for which continuing connected
transactions no annual caps have been proposed, be and are hereby
approved
and the directors of the Company be and are hereby authorised to
do all
such further acts and things and execute such further documents
and take
all such steps which in their opinion may be necessary, desirable
or
expedient to implement and/or give effect to the terms of such
continuing
connected transactions.
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1,417,838,530 (99.9999%)
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2,080 (0.0001%)
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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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Special
Resolution
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No.
of votes (%)
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For
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Against
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3
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The
amendments to the articles of association of the Company as set
out in
Appendix I to the circular of the Company dated 9 November 2007
be and are
hereby approved.
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6,064,348,945 (99.9846%)
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936,580 (0.0154%)
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As
more than 75% of the votes were cast in favour of this resolution,
the
resolution was duly passed as a special
resolution.
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As
at the date of the EGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was
6,666,402,400 shares. In accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing
of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing
Rules”), China Network Communications Group Corporation, the
controlling shareholder of the Company which beneficially owns 4,647,449,015
shares, representing approximately 69.71% of the issued share capital of
the
Company, and its associates as defined in the Listing Rules, have abstained
from
voting on Ordinary Resolution No.1 and Ordinary Resolution No.2 in respect
of
their beneficial interests. The total number of shares entitling the holders
to
attend and vote for or against Ordinary Resolution No.1 and Ordinary Resolution
No.2 at the EGM was 2,018,953,385 shares and the total number of shares
entitling the holders to attend and vote for or against Special Resolution
No.3
at the EGM was 6,666,402,400 shares. There was no share entitling the holder
to
attend and vote only against any of the proposed resolutions at the
EGM.
Computershare
Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, the share registrar of the Company,
acted
as scrutineer for the vote-taking at the EGM.
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By
Order of the Board
China
Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
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Li
Fushen
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Mok
Kam Wan
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Joint
Company Secretaries
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Hong
Kong, 6 December 2007
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, Mr.
Victor Cha Mou Zing, 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.
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CHINA
NETCOM GROUP
CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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Name:
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Fushen and Mok Kam Wan
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Joint
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Date:
December 7, 2007