New round of applications for Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law and National Security Law Test opens tomorrow
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A spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) reminded persons planning to apply for civil service posts at the degree or professional level in the near future that they are required to have valid CRE results and should make use of the opportunity to take part in this round of examination, tentatively scheduled to be held on October 7.
In order to attract people with an aspiration to serve the community to join the civil service and to enable young people to better plan their future career development, the pool of eligible candidates for civil service jobs requiring an undergraduate degree will be expanded to students advancing to their third year of undergraduate studies (in a four-year curriculum) in the new academic year. Therefore, this round of examination will be open to holders of a degree, or a professional qualification meeting the entry requirement of the posts, or undergraduate students graduating in the academic years of 2023/24 or 2024/25.
The CRE consists of three papers, namely Use of English (UE), Use of Chinese (UC) and Aptitude Test (AT). Results in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSEE) or other specified public examinations are accepted as equivalents to different levels of results for the UC and UE. Therefore, applicants who have attained the specified results in the language subjects concerned in HKDSEE or other specified public examinations will not be arranged to take the UE and/or UC paper(s). Please visit the CSB webpage (www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html) for the specified results and the language subjects concerned. Applicants should note that different civil service posts have different Chinese and English language proficiency requirements. No public examination results are accepted as being equivalent to the AT. Applicants for some civil service posts at the degree or professional level are also required to obtain a pass result in the AT paper in order to be eligible for applying for the posts concerned.
All applicants are required to obtain a pass result in the BLNST for all civil service recruitment exercises, regardless of whether they have taken any Basic Law Test centrally conducted by the CSB or individual bureaux/departments in previous recruitment exercises. The BLNST result is of permanent validity. Those who have taken the BLNST (degree/professional grades) after July 1, 2022, and attained a pass result need not apply again.
Applicants may choose to take any of the CRE papers and/or the BLNST paper in the coming examination.
Details about the coming CRE and BLNST will be uploaded to the CSB webpage (www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html) tomorrow. Persons interested in taking the examination may apply through the online application system on the CSB webpage; or by using the CRE and BLNST application form (CSB31 (7/2023)) which can be downloaded from the CSB webpage or obtained from any Home Affairs Enquiry Centre of the Home Affairs Department or Job Centre of the Labour Department.
For the convenience of those studying or residing outside Hong Kong, the CRE and BLNST (degree/professional grades) are tentatively scheduled to be held on December 2, 2023, in eight other cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney. Applications for taking the examinations outside Hong Kong will be accepted later this year.
General enquiries may be directed to the Civil Service Examinations Unit by phone at 2537 6429 or by email to csbcseu@csb.gov.hk.
Ends/Thursday, August 3, 2023
Issued at HKT 16:35
Issued at HKT 16:35
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