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, 2005
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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:
The announcement on change of joint company secretary of China Netcom Group
Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Registrant"), made by the Registrant in
English on December 15, 2005.
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/ Miao Jianhua
By /s/ Mok Kam Wan
Name: Miao Jianhua and Mok Kam Wan
Title: Joint Company Secretaries
Date: December 15, 2005
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CHINA NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability under the Companies Ordinance)
(Stock Code: 906)
ANNOUNCEMENT
Change of Joint Company Secretary
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong
Kong) Limited (the "Company") announces that Mr. Zhang Xiaotie has resigned as
Joint Company Secretary of the Company with effect from 15 December 2005. Mr.
Zhang continues to serve as an Executive Director of the Company.
The Board further announces that Mr. Miao Jianhua has been appointed by the
Board to replace Mr. Zhang as a Joint Company Secretary of the Company with
effect from 15 December 2005. Mr. Miao will be assisted by Miss Mok Kam Wan,
the other Joint Company Secretary of the Company, to discharge his functions as
a Joint Company Secretary. Miss Mok Kam Wan is an associate member of The
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Hong Kong
Institute of Chartered Secretaries.
Mr. Miao Jianhua is an Executive Director of the Company. He has also served as
a director of China Netcom (Group) Company Limited since September 2004 and
Assistant to President of China Network Communications Group Corporation
("China Netcom Group") since September 2003. Mr. Miao served as the General
Manager of the Human Resources Department of China Netcom Group from June 2002
to November 2005. Before joining China Netcom Group, Mr. Miao served as
Director of the Inspection Bureau of the former Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications and the Ministry of Information Industry from 1997 to early
2002, and held senior-level positions at the former Jilin Provincial
Administration of Posts and Telecommunications prior to June 1997. He graduated
from the Australian National University with a master's degree in management.
By Order of the Board
CHINA NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Zhang Chunjiang
Chairman
Hong Kong, 15 December 2005
As at the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company
comprises Mr. Zhang Chunjiang, Dr. Tian Suning, Mr. Zhang Xiaotie, Mr. Miao
Jianhua and Mr. Jiang Weiping as executive directors, Ms. Li Liming, Mr. Jose
Maria Alvarez-Pallete and Mr. Yan Yixun 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.