Canning Fok, managing director of telecoms giant Hutchison Whampoa, Mannesmann's biggest shareholder, has testified that he first proposed the bonuses.

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Hutchison Managing Director Canning Fok liked that idea but also saw an opportunity to get in on sales of traditional Chinese medicine in China, a segment of the pharma business that had not yet opened up to foreign investment.

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At Hutchison, managing director Canning Fok has let it be known he would take a dim view if Hong Kong were to auction its 3G licenses the same way Britain did--as it happens the same way Hutchison sought a license.

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