HONG KONG -- Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited ("HTIL" or the "Company"; SEHK: 2332, NYSE: HTX) today announces that it has received an approach from the Company's majority shareholder, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, regarding a possible general offer to the Company's shareholders and option holders, and understands that an announcement pursuant to the Hong Kong Takeovers Code on the subject may be imminent. HTIL has requested that the New York Stock Exchange halts trading of the Company's American Depositary Shares pending the release of the announcement. Trading of the Company's shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has been suspended effective since 2:30 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on 4 January 2010 pending the release of the announcement.

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