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The Government started a recruitment exercise today (September 19) to recruit around 35, 120, five, 12 and six candidates for appointment on civil service terms as Administrative Officer (AO), Executive Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II, Management Services Officer II and Transport Officer II respectively in 2015-16.
The application period opens on September 19 and closes at 5pm on October 2 Hong Kong time. Recruitment advertisements have been placed in the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily today and will run again on September 26. The advertisements can also be found on the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) homepage at www.csb.gov.hk, as well as at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government portal (GovHK) at www.gov.hk, from today.
For the recruitment of AOs, an advertisement has been placed in the overseas editions of Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily today and will run again on September 26. Relevant information is available on a dedicated website at www.ao-recruitment.gov.hk.
The recruitment is open to all permanent residents of the HKSAR who meet the relevant entry requirements. Applicants may refer to the advertisements for details of the requirements.
All applicants need to obtain Level 2 in the two language papers (i.e. Use of Chinese and Use of English), or equivalent results, and a Pass in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) before they qualify for any of the above posts. In addition, the Basic Law Test result will constitute an appropriate weighting in a candidate's overall assessment. Persons who do not possess the requisite CRE results, or equivalent, but have applied for the coming CRE and Basic Law Test (Degree/Professional Grades) scheduled to be held on October 3 and 10 in Hong Kong or on December 5 in Beijing and six overseas cities (namely London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney) may also apply. Their applications will be processed subject to their obtaining the requisite results in the CRE. Applicants are also advised to refer to the advertisements for details regarding the requisite CRE results.
Eligible applicants possessing the requisite CRE results, or equivalent, will be arranged to attend the Joint Administrative Officer/Executive Officer/Trade Officer/Management Services Officer/Transport Officer Recruitment Examination (JRE) on December 5. Candidates residing or studying outside Hong Kong may take the JRE on the same date in Beijing or any one of the six overseas cities mentioned above. Candidates are required to pass the JRE.
Application forms (CSB 606 and CSB 606A (Rev. 9/2015)) are available at the Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices of the Home Affairs Department or any Job Centre of the Employment Services Division of the Labour Department. They can also be downloaded from the CSB's homepage at www.csb.gov.hk.
Applicants can make online applications directly through the bureau's website. Each applicant should only submit one application, either by hand, by post or online. Duplicate applications will cause delay in processing and notifying applicants of their examination details.
Ends/Saturday, September 19, 2015
Issued at HKT 09:01
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