Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, is making one last effort to save its bid for Irish telecom company Eircom Group, the 21st Century Business Herald reported.

Hutchison Whampoa's lawyers have asked that a Dublin high court compel Eircom's examiner to probe the bid more closely.

Eircom filed for examinership, the Irish equivalent of bankruptcy protection, on March 30 to restructure its 3.8-billion-euro net debt.

The examiner agreed last week to implement a company-backed plan where lenders, including Blackstone Group and Deutsche Bank, would take control and cut the company's debt by 40-50 percent.

The examiner has rejected Hutchison Whampoa's 2-billion-euro bid on two previous occasions.

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