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 September, 2008
(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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this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
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ü
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China
Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
Building
C, No. 156, Fuxingmennei Avenue
Xicheng
District
Beijing,
100031 PRC
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This Form
6-K consists of：
an
announcement on the completion of the issue of corporate bonds by a wholly-owned
subsidiary of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (the“Registrant”), made by the
Registrant on September 5, 2008.
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CHINA
NETCOM GROUP CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(Incorporated
in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock
Code: 0906)
ISSUE
OF CORPORATE BONDS
China
Netcom (Group) Company Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of China Netcom
Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, completed the issue of the corporate
bonds for the year 2008 of an aggregate amount of RMB5
billion.
Reference
is made to the announcement made by China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong)
Limited (the “Company”) on 1 September 2008. The Company announces
that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, China Netcom (Group) Company
Limited, completed the issue of the corporate bonds for the year 2008 of an
aggregate amount of RMB5 billion on 5 September 2008. The term of the
corporate bonds is 5 years with a coupon rate of 5.29% per annum, which will
remain unchanged during the term of the corporate bonds. Interests
will accrue from 3 September 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, 5 September 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.
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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:
September 5, 2008