Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The members of the new sessions of the board of directors and supervisory committee of the Company were elected at the 2007 annual general meeting of the Company held on 13 May 2008. The tenure of the office of each of Mr. Na Xizhi, Mr. Ding Shida, Mr. Qian Zhongwei, Mr. Xia Donglin, Mr. Wu Yusheng (as directors); and Mr. Shen Zongmin and Ms. Zou Cui (as supervisors) had ended on 13 May 2008, the date on which the term of the new session of the board of directors and the new session of the supervisory committee commenced. The members of the new sessions of the board of directors and supervisory committee of Huaneng Power International Inc. (the “Company”) were elected at the 2007 annual general meeting of the Company held on 13 May 2008. Biographies of the members of the new sessions of the board of directors and the supervisory committee are set out below
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 2007 annual general meeting (the “AGM”) of 中國東方航空股份有限公司 (China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited) (the “Company”) will be held at Meeting Centre, Shanghai Home You Hotel (上海航友賓館), 2550 Hongqiao Road Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 30 June 2008 for the purpose of considering the following matters:
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 Monday, May 12, 2008
On 29 April 2008, the Board made an announcement (“Announcement”) regarding the acquisition of 100% interest in SinoSing Power from Huaneng Group. As stated in the Announcement, the Company shall issue a circular to the Shareholders containing further information of the transaction as contemplated by the Transfer Agreement and will convene a general meeting for obtaining the Independent Shareholders’ approvals for the conduct of the Acquisition.
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On 9 May 2008, Chalco HongKong Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Joint Venture Arrangement with Malaysia Mining Company (MMC) and Saudi Arabian Binladin Group (SBG) . The three parties had entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) on 3 October 2007 with the intention to set up a joint venture. On 24 November 2007 the parties entered into a Joint Venture Framework Agreement, and received a project permit issued by the Government of Saudi Arabia. The three parties also signed a Support and Undertaking MOU with the Investment Department of Saudi Arabia in respect of this project when the Joint Venture Arrangement was entered into.
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 Saturday, May 10, 2008
There were three main businesses that experienced significant growth during 2007. They include internet access services, value-added and integrated information application services and Leased line services and others, rising 32.1%, 35.4% and 19.9% respectively. Collectively, they contributed 34% of total operating revenues in 2007. The internet service is the largest component of the three growing business in 2007. The operating revenue from the internet service was RMB 31,340 million in 2007, making up 23% of the total operating revenue. Broadband subscribers increased at an average rate of 1.87% monthly and had amounted to 37.71 million by the end of Q1 2008.
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 Friday, May 09, 2008
Profit before taxation for the first quarter of 2008 was MYR348 million, 13.0 per cent higher than the MYR308 million reported for the same period in 2007.
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 Thursday, May 08, 2008
The details set out as resolution numbered 11 in the notice convening the AGM (the “AGM Notice”) will be proposed at the AGM for the granting of a general mandate to the Directors to allot, issue and deal with new H Shares of up to a maximum of 20% of the H Shares of the Company in issue at the date of passing the resolution.
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 Wednesday, May 07, 2008
136,165,605 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each have been issued by HSBC Holdings plc to shareholders who elected to receive the scrip dividend alternative for the fourth interim dividend for 2007, payable on 7 May 2008. The shares rank pari passu with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company.
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 Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Net income attributable to common shares was C$155 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2008, an increase of 11.5 per cent over the same period in 2007.
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 Wednesday, April 30, 2008
During the reporting period, the operating income of the Group was RMB5,552.258 million, representing an increase of RMB1,774.371 million, or 47.0%, as compared with the corresponding period last year. Net profit attributable to the Shareholders was RMB1,490.528 million, representing an increase of RMB789.861 million, or 112.7%, as compared with the corresponding period last year.
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