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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                      DATED the 17th day of September 2004

                       HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED                  (1)

                       HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
                       INTERNATIONAL (HK) LIMITED                       (2)

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                            LOAN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

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THIS LOAN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT is made the 17th day of September 2004

BETWEEN

(1)  HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a company incorporated in Hong Kong whose
     registered office is at 22/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
     (the "Assignor"); and

(2)  HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL (HK) LIMITED, a company
     incorporated in Hong Kong whose registered office is at 22/F Hutchison
     House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong (the "Assignee").

WHEREAS:

(A)  Pursuant to a Sale and Purchase Agreement of even date hereof (the "Share
     Sale and Purchase Agreement"), HTI (BVI) Holdings Limited agreed to
     purchase, and Hutchison Telecommunications Limited agreed to sell, 1 share
     of US$1.00 in Hutchison Telecommunications (HK) Holdings Limited, which in
     turn holds interest in the group companies as set out in Schedule 2
     thereto.

(B)  Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited is at 30 June 2004
     indebted to the Assignor in the amount of HK$8,601,100 (the "Loan")

(C)  The Loan is repayable on demand and is interest free.

(D)  Subject to completion of the Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, the
     Assignee agreed to acquire from the Assignor, and the Assignor agreed to
     sell to the Assignee, all the benefit and interest of the Assignor in the
     Loan on the terms and subject to the conditions set out herein.

NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH as follows:

1.   In consideration of the sum of HK$8,601,100 (receipt of which is hereby
     acknowledged by the Assignor), the Assignor as legal and beneficial owner
     hereby assigns unto the Assignee absolutely all its rights, title and
     interest in the Loan together with all rights attaching thereto (the
     "Assigned Rights") TO HOLD the same unto the Assignee absolutely. The
     Assignee hereby acquires the Assigned Rights absolutely.

2.   The Assignor hereby warrants to the Assignee that:

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     (a)  the Loan is repayable on demand and is still valid and subsisting and
          free from all claims, charges, liens, encumbrances, options, equities
          of any kind, compromise, releases, waivers, defects, and any agreement
          for any of the same; and

     (b)  the Assignor has the right, authority and power to assign its benefit
          of and in the Loan in the manner set out in this Agreement.

3.   The parties hereto acknowledge and confirm that as from the date hereof the
     Loan is owed to the Assignee, that the Assignee is entitled at any time and
     from time to time to require repayment of all or part of the same
     (including but without limitation interest accrued from time to time
     thereon) and that all payments due in respect of the Loan and all its
     obligations in respect thereof will be made and discharged directly to the
     Assignee.

4.   The Assignor hereby covenants with the Assignee to pay to the Assignee
     immediately on receipt any payments or other money which may be received by
     the Assignor from Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited in
     respect of the Loan and until such payment to hold the same on trust for
     the Assignee.

5.   All payments made by the Assignee under Clause 1 of this Agreement shall be
     made gross, free of any rights of counterclaim or set-off and without any
     deductions or withholdings of any nature.

6.   Each party hereto undertakes to the other parties that it will do all such
     things and execute all such documents as may be necessary or desirable to
     carry into effect or to give legal effect to the provisions of this
     Agreement and the transactions hereby contemplated.

7.   Each party undertakes that it shall not reveal, and shall cause its
     shareholders, directors, senior executives, employees and agents not to
     reveal, to any third party any information concerning the transactions
     contemplated hereunder and/or the contents hereof (collectively,
     "Confidential Information") without the prior written approval of the other
     party hereto.

     Nothing in this Clause 7 shall prevent a party hereto from using or
     disclosing any Confidential Information which (a) is already known by such
     party at the time it is disclosed to it; (b) has been rightfully received
     by such party from a third party without a breach of an obligation of
     confidentiality; (c) is in the public domain through no wrongful act of
     such party; (d) is independently developed by such party without use,
     directly or indirectly, of the Confidential Information; (e) is required to
     be disclosed by applicable law, regulation or legal process or by judicial
     order; or (f) is in connection with the proposed spin off and listing of
     Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited.

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     Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, each party
     acknowledges and agrees that the other party(ies) may be required by law or
     any competent regulatory body (including but without limitation to The
     Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Securities and Futures
     Commission) to issue time sensitive and/or urgent announcements relating to
     this Agreement or matters contemplated under this Agreement. Each party
     shall procure to be provided to the other parties a copy of each drafts of
     such time sensitive and/or urgent announcements promptly, and shall
     consider in good faith any comments provided to it in a timely manner by
     the other parties to the extent reasonably practicable within the time
     frame stipulated by law or by the relevant competent regulatory body.

8.   Any notice required or permitted to be given by or under this Agreement
     shall be given in writing by delivering it to the party concerned to the
     address or facsimile number of that party below or such other address or
     facsimile number as the party concerned may have notified to the others in
     accordance with this Clause 8. Any such notice shall be deemed to be served
     if sent by hand at the time of delivery, or if sent by facsimile, on the
     date of complete transmission, or if sent by post, the third day after
     posting, or if sooner upon acknowledgement of receipt by or on behalf of
     the party to which it is addressed.

          Assignor:
          Address:     22nd Floor, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
          Attention:   Company Secretary
          Fax No.:     (852) 2128 1778

          Assignee:
          Address:     22nd Floor, Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
          Attention:   Company Secretary
          Fax No.:     (852) 2128 1778

9.   This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the
     laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's
     Republic of China ("Hong Kong") for the time being in force and the parties
     hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
     Hong Kong courts in relation to any proceedings arising out of or in
     connection with this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS whereof this Loan Assignment Agreement has been duly signed on the
date first above written.

Signed by                                   )
Edith Shih                                  )
For and on behalf of                        )   /s/ Edith Shih
HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED             )   --------------------------------
was hereunto affixed in the presence of :   )

/s/ Patricia Hui
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Signed by                                   )
Ting Chan                                   )
For and on behalf of                        )
HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS                )   /s/ Ting Chan
INTERNATIONAL (HK)                          )   --------------------------------
LIMITED                                     )
was hereunto affixed in the presence of :   )

/s/ Steven P. Allen
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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                    DATED THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE

                                 LOAN AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN

                   HUTCHISON GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT

                                 HOLDING LIMITED

                                       and

                   HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL

                            (CAYMAN) HOLDINGS LIMITED

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.10
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THIS LOAN AGREEMENT is dated the date specified in the Schedule.

BETWEEN

(1)  HUTCHISON GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT HOLDING LIMITED ("Borrower");
     and

(2)  HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL (CAYMAN) HOLDINGS LIMITED
     ("Lender")

WHEREAS

The background of this transaction is set out in the Schedule.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.   DEFINITIONS

     In this Agreement:

     "Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which
     banks are open for general business in each of the Business Day Locations.

     "Business Day Location" means each of the locations specified as such in
     the Schedule.

     "Drawdown Date" means each date on which each Loan is made available to the
     Borrower.

     "Effective Date" means the date specified as such in the Schedule.

     "Governing Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction specified as such in the
     Schedule.

     "Governing Law" means the law specified as such in the Schedule.

     "Interest Period" means each period determined under this Agreement by
     reference to which interest on a Loan is calculated.

     "Interest Period Duration" means the period specified as such in the
     Schedule.

     "Interest Rate" means the rate specified as such in the Schedule.

     "Loan" means, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, the principal
     amount of each Outstanding Loan made available by the Lender to the
     Borrower or the principal amount outstanding of that Outstanding Loan.

     "Outstanding Loan" means the loan specified as such in the Schedule and as
     of the Effective Date loaned by the Lender to the Borrower.

     "Party" means a party to this Agreement.

     "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Agreement.

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     "Specified Currency" means the currency specified as such in the Schedule.

2.   EFFECTIVE DATE

     This Agreement takes effect as from the Effective Date so that all the
     terms of this Agreement are applicable to each of the Outstanding Loans.

3.   REPAYMENT

     The Lender may, at any time, by notice to the Borrower declare that all or
     part of any amounts outstanding under this Agreement are immediately due
     and payable in which event the Borrower must immediately repay the
     outstanding amounts so declared due together with interest accrued thereon.

4.   PREPAYMENT

(a)  The Borrower may prepay any Loan at any time in whole or in part.

(b)  All prepayments under this Agreement must be made with accrued interest on
     the amount prepaid. No premium or penalty is payable in respect of any
     prepayment.

5.   INTEREST

5.1  Rate of interest

     The rate of interest on each Loan for each of its Interest Periods is the
     percentage rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate.

5.2  Payment of interest

     Except where it is provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Borrower
     must pay accrued interest on each Loan made to it on the last day of each
     of its Interest Period.

5.3  Calculation of interest

     Any interest accruing under this Agreement accrues from day to day and is
     calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of
     365 days.

6.   INTEREST PERIOD

6.1  Duration

(a)  Each Loan has successive Interest Periods.

(b)  Each Interest Period for a Loan, subject to Clause 6.2, will start on its
     Drawdown Date or on the expiry of its preceding Interest Period and will be
     of a duration equal to the Interest Period Duration.

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6.2  Consolidation

     Unless the Borrower otherwise requests, the first Interest Period for a
     Loan will end on the same day as the current Interest Period for any other
     Loan. On the last day of those Interest Periods, those Loans will be
     consolidated and treated as one Loan.

7.   PAYMENTS

(a)  All payments by the Parties are to be made in immediately available funds
     to a designated account. Payments by the Borrower must be made without
     set-off or counterclaim and without any deduction. If the Borrower is
     compelled to make any deductions it will pay additional amounts to ensure
     receipt by the Lender of the full amount which the Lender would have
     received but for such deduction.

(b)  Unless this Agreement specifies that payments under it are to be made in a
     different manner, all amounts payable under this Agreement shall be payable
     in the Specified Currency. Amounts payable in respect of costs and expenses
     are payable in the currency in which they are incurred.

(c)  If a payment under this Agreement is due on a day which is not a Business
     Day, the due date for that payment will instead be the next Business Day in
     the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if
     there is not).

8.   REPRESENTATIONS

8.1  Representations

     The representations set out in this Clause are made by the Borrower to the
     Lender.

8.2  Status

(a)  It is a limited liability company, duly incorporated and validly existing
     under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

(b)  It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being
     conducted.

8.3  Powers and authority

     It has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary
     action to authorise the entry into and performance of, this Agreement and
     the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

8.4  Legal validity

     This Agreement is its legally binding, valid and enforceable obligation.

8.5  Non-conflict

     The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated
     by, this Agreement do not conflict with:

     (a) any law or regulation applicable to it;

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     (b) its or any of its subsidiaries' constitutional documents; or

     (c) any document which is binding upon it or any of its assets.

9.   AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS

     This Agreement may not be altered, amended or supplemented except by the
     written agreement of the Parties.

10.  ASSIGNMENT

     Neither the Lender nor the Borrower may assign or transfer its rights under
     this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party.

11.  COSTS

     The Borrower must pay to the Lender the amount of all costs and expenses
     reasonably incurred by it in connection with this Agreement and the
     transactions contemplated by it and the amount of all costs and expenses
     incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation
     of any rights under, this Agreement.

12.  SEVERABILITY

     If a term of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable
     in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

     (a)  the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any
          other term of this Agreement; or

     (b)  the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of
          that or any other term of this Agreement.

13.  COUNTERPARTS

     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. This has the
     same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy
     of this Agreement.

14.  NOTICES

14.1 In writing

(a)  Any communication in connection with this Agreement must be in writing and,
     unless otherwise stated, may be given in person, by post or fax.

(b)  Unless it is agreed to the contrary, any consent or agreement required
     under this Agreement must be given in writing.

14.2 Contact details

(a)  Except as provided below, the contact details of each Party for all
     communications in connection with this Agreement are those specified in the
     Schedule.

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(b)  Any Party may change its contact details by giving five Business Days'
     notice to the other Party.

15.  LAW

     This Agreement shall be governed by Governing Law.

16.  JURISDICTION

     For the benefit of the Lender solely, the Borrower hereby irrevocably
     submits to the Governing Jurisdiction.

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.

HUTCHISON GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT HOLDING LIMITED

By: /s/ Susan Chow
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Name: Susan Chow
Title: Director
Date: 20 September 2004

HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL
(CAYMAN) HOLDINGS LIMITED

By: /s/ Ting Chan
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Name: Ting Chan
Title: Director
Date: 20 September 2004

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                                    SCHEDULE

1.  Agreement Date:               20 September 2004

2.  Borrower:                     Hutchison Global Communications Investment
                                  Holding Limited, a company incorporated under
                                  the laws of the British Virgin Islands, whose
                                  registered office is situated at P.O. Box 957,
                                  Offshore Incorporations Centre, Road Town,
                                  Tortola, British Virgin Islands

3.  Lender:                       Hutchison Telecommunications International
                                  (Cayman) Holdings Limited, a company
                                  incorporated under the laws of the Cayman
                                  Islands, whose registered office is situated
                                  at Century Yard, Cricket Square, Hutchins
                                  Drive, P.O. Box 2681 GT, George Town, Grand
                                  Cayman, British West Indies, Cayman Islands

4.  Effective Date:               20 September 2004

5.  Business Day Locations:       Hong Kong

6.  Interest Period Duration:     N/A

7.  Interest Rate:                Interest free

8.  Outstanding Loan:             HK$170,966,638

9.  Specified Currency:           HK$

10. Governing Law:                Hong Kong laws

11. Governing Jurisdiction:       Hong Kong courts

12. Contact Details (Borrower):   Address: 22/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt
                                           Road, Hong Kong
                                  Fax:     (852) 2128 1778
                                  Attn:    Company Secretary

13. Contact Details (Lender):     Address: 22/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt
                                           Road, Hong Kong
                                  Fax:     (852) 2128 1778
                                  Attn:    Company Secretary

14. Additional Provisions:        Clauses 5 and 6 shall not apply

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