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Prospective applicants for civil service posts at degree or professional level can apply from tomorrow (July 30) to sit the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) and Basic Law Test (BLT) to be held on October 2 and 9 in Hong Kong.
A spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) said that valid CRE results are required of applicants for civil service posts at degree or professional level. Persons who are interested in applying for civil service posts at degree or professional level in the near future may wish to consider sitting the coming examination, so as to be eligible to apply for civil service openings that might come available before another CRE is held.
Moreover, for civil service jobs requiring degree or professional qualifications, candidates will need to have taken the BLT. The test result will be one of the considerations to assess the suitability of a candidate for a job.
Applicants for the coming CRE and BLT should be holders of degree or professional qualifications, or university students who will have attained a degree in the 2010-11 academic year. Applicants may choose to take any of the CRE papers and / or the BLT paper in the coming examination.
Persons interested in taking the examination in Hong Kong may apply from tomorrow through the on-line facilities on the CSB homepage (www.csb.gov.hk), or by using the CRE and BLT application form (CSB31(7/2010)) which can be downloaded from the CSB homepage or obtained from any of the Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices or Job Centres of the Labour Department. Applications must be made before 5pm on August 12 (Hong Kong time).
For the convenience of those studying or residing outside Hong Kong, the CRE and BLT will also be held on December 4 in seven other cities, namely Beijing, London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney. Applications to take the examination outside Hong Kong will open from September 14 to 27. Persons applying to sit the examination in Hong Kong will not be allowed to apply again to sit the examination outside Hong Kong.
More details about the coming CRE and BLT to be held in Hong Kong will be available on the CSB homepage from tomorrow. General enquiries may be directed to the Civil Service Examinations Unit by phone at 2537 6429 or by e-mail to csbcseu@csb.gov.hk.
Ends/Thursday, July 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:30
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