For six years, doctors told her husband, Fok Ying-chup, there was nothing wrong with her.

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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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Fok decided to invest, and in 2000 Hutchison China Meditech was born.

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The chief judge grilled Sir Christopher about Mr Fok's timing, in particular whether the deal or the bonuses came first in the nail-biting two days of final talks that ended on 2 February 2000.

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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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Vodafone's ex-boss said Mr Fok "made the case for Klaus Esser being appreciated... given that he was most likely to lose his job, given that he'd done a tremendous job for shareholders... and given that he didn't have shares or share options".

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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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