Foxconn International chairman to retire from January 1

US-FIH:Foxconn International chairman to retire from January 1

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Foxconn International Holdings Ltd (FIH), the world's biggest contract maker of cellphones, said on Thursday its chairman, Samuel Chin, will retire on January 1 to spend more time with his family.

Chin will be replaced by Tong Wen-hsin, an executive director with the company, FIH said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange.

For a copy of the statement, please click http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2012/1213/LTN20121213311.pdf

(Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree)

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