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 August, 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 ü
Form 40-F _______
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. )
Yes
_______ No ü
(If
"Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-__________. )
N/A
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 of change of alternate director of China Netcom Group Corporation
(Hong Kong) Limited (the“Registrant”), made by the
Registrant on August 25, 2008.
CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated
in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 0906)
CHANGE
OF ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
The
board of directors (the “Board”) of China Netcom Group
Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to
announce that Ms. Hong Chen Jin ceased to be the alternate director to both Mr.
Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete, Non-Executive
Directors of the Company, on 25 August 2008. Mr. Mario Martin
Gonzalez, who is nominated by both Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. Jośe María
Álvarez-Pallete, has been appointed as alternate director to both Mr.
Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María Álvarez-Pallete, with effect from 25
August 2008.
Mr.
Mario Martin Gonzalez, 39, joined Telefónica in 1996 and was appointed as Asia
Chief Regional Officer in April 2008. Based in Beijing, Mr. Martin
Gonzalez leads a team of professionals overseeing Telefónica’s investments and
businesses in Asia. From 2001 to April 2008, he held the position of
Mergers and Acquisitions Deputy General Manager at Telefónica,
S.A.. He previously was the Corporate Development Director at
Telefónica Móviles, S.A. and Investment Analysis Director at Telefónica
Internacional, S.A.. From his various positions, Mr. Mario Martin
Gonzalez has developed an extensive corporate development experience and has
participated in the execution of a relevant number of transactions completed by
Telefónica. Most notably, he has participated in projects such as the
O2 acquisition and the later disposal of Airwave, the entry and further
consolidation of Telefónica’s leading fixed-line and wireless position in Brazil
and the entry and the later expansion in Mexico. He has served as
alternate director to the board of Telefónica Móviles Mexico, Mexico’s second
largest mobile operator, and currently serves as Executive Director of
Telefónica Technology (Beijing) Company Limited. Prior to
joining Telefónica, he held the position of Finance Director of the Motion
Picture and TV Division of Kodak in Spain from 1995 to 1996 and of Director of a
commercial retail branch of Banco Exterior de España from 1994 to
1995. Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez holds a bachelor’s degree in
Economics and Business Administration from Madrid’s Universidad Autónoma and a
master’s degree in Business Administration from École Supérieur de Commerce de
Nantes in France, and has obtained post-graduate diplomas from INSEAD and
HARVARD-IESE.
Mr.
Mario Martin Gonzalez does not have any service contract with the Company and no
fixed term has been agreed with the Company in relation to his appointment as
alternate director to both Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María
Álvarez-Pallete. In accordance with the articles of association of
the Company, Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez will cease to be an alternate director of
the Company if both of his appointers, Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José
María Álvarez-Pallete cease to be directors of the Company. Mr. Mario
Martin Gonzalez will not receive any emoluments from the Company for acting as
the alternate director to both Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. José María
Álvarez-Pallete. As at the date hereof, Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez
does not have any interest in the Company’s shares within the meaning of Part XV
of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
Except
as noted above, Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez is not connected with any directors,
senior management or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company and
he does not hold any other position with the Company or any of its subsidiaries
and has not held any other directorships in any listed public companies in the
last three years. Save as disclosed above, there is no other information
required to be disclosed in relation to the appointment of Mr. Mario Martin
Gonzalez pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) of the Rules Governing the Listing of
Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and there are no other
matters relating to the appointment of Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez that need to be
brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.
The
Company takes this opportunity to welcome Mr. Mario Martin Gonzalez as alternate
director to both Mr. Cesareo Alierta Izuel and Mr. Jośe María
Álvarez-Pallete.
|
By
Order of the Board
CHINA NETCOM GROUP
CORPORATION
(HONG
KONG) LIMITED
Zuo
Xunsheng
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
|
Hong
Kong, 25 August 2008
As
at the date of this announcement, the Board 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:
August 26, 2008