SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of October 2010
HIGHWAY
HOLDINGS
LIMITED
(Translation
of Registrant's Name Into English)
Suite
810, Level 8
Landmark
North
39 Lung
Sum Avenue
Sheung
Shui
New
Territories, Hong
Kong
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form
20-F x Form
40-F ¨
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes ¨ No x
(If "Yes"
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________.)
Attached
to this Report on Form 6-K is the press release issued by the registrant on
October 7, 2010.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
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HIGHWAY
HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Date: October
29, 2010
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By
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/s/ ROLAND W. KOHL
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Roland W. Kohl
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Chief Executive Officer
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NEWS
RELEASE
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CONTACT:
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Gary
S. Maier
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Maier
& Company, Inc.
(310)
442-9852
HIGHWAY
HOLDINGS APPOINTS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
HONG KONG – October 7,
2010 — Highway Holdings
Limited (Nasdaq:HIHO) today announced
the appointment of Alan Chan as the company’s chief financial officer,
succeeding Po Fong who
decided to retire from her position upon expiration of her employment agreement
on September 30, 2010.
“We
appreciate Po Fong’s contributions as chief financial officer during her long
tenure with Highway
Holdings and wish her all the best in her future endeavors,” said Roland Kohl,
the company’s president and chief executive officer.
Alan
Chan, 47, began his professional career as an accountant with Nelson Wheeler, an
Australian
CPA firm, and subsequently with PricewaterhouseCoopers — formerly Coopers and
Lybrand.
Chan earned a Master of Arts degree in
accounting from Curtin University in Australia and a Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of Lancaster in the United
Kingdom. Chan, a Hong Kong National,
is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Chan most
recently served as chief financial officer for a joint venture in China with
Laureate
Education Group. He previously served as vice president and chief financial
officer for DeCoro, an Italian sofa manufacturer — supervising a staff of more
than 30 accounting professionals for the company
and its two facilities in Shenzhen and subsidiaries in the United States and
Europe with approximately
4,000 employees. Chan’s experience includes serving as financial
controller for San Miguel
Shunde Brewery Co. Ltd., a foreign joint venture engaged in the manufacturing
and sale of beer products for China and overseas markets. He also served as
financial controller for Hua Yang Printing Holdings Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of
children’s paper products with more than 6,000 employees at two facilities
in China, with subsidaries in UK and USA.
“Alan’s
extensive background in finance and accounting — combined with his extensive
knowledge
and experience of operating in China — provides our organization with a unique
combination of qualities that will serve the company well as we focus on growing
the core business to achieve our sales and earnings targets, while seeking
appropriate partnerships and complementary acquisitions in China,” Kohl
said.
Highway
Holdings Ltd.
2-2-2
About
Highway Holdings
Highway
Holdings produces a wide variety of high-quality products for blue chip original
equipment
manufacturers — from simple parts and components to
sub-assemblies. It also manufactures finished products, such as light
fixtures, LED lights, radio chimes and other electronic products. Highway
Holdings is headquartered in Hong Kong, and currently operates with its
principal manufacturing
facility in Shenzhen and a factory in Wuxi in the People's Republic of
China.
Except
for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this
press release are forward-looking
statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to
economic, competitive, governmental, political and technological factors
affecting the company's revenues, operations, markets, products and prices, and
other factors discussed in the company’s various filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including without limitation, the company’s annual reports
on Form 20-F.
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