The Government will launch the 2025-26 joint recruitment exercise for Administrative Officer (AO), Executive Officer II, Assistant Labour Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II and Management Services Officer II this Saturday (September 13). Applicants must submit their applications through the online application system on the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) website. The deadline for application is 11.59pm on October 3 (Hong Kong time). 

     The recruitment is open to all permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region who meet the relevant entry requirements. Students pursuing a bachelor's degree or equivalent and graduating in the years of 2025-26 or 2026-27 academic years may also apply. The respective recruitment targets are set out below:
 

Posts	Recruitment target
Administrative Officer	40
Executive Officer II	100
Assistant Labour Officer II	10
Assistant Trade Officer II	8
Management Services Officer II	10

     Arrangements will be made for eligible applicants to take the Joint Recruitment Examination (JRE) scheduled to be held on November 29 in Hong Kong.  

     In addition to taking the JRE, applicants for these posts will need to have obtained:
 
(a) Level 2 in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or other results which are accepted as equivalent (details are set out on the CSB's CRE website at www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html);

(b) a pass result in the Aptitude Test paper in the CRE; and 

(c) a pass result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (Degree/Professional Grades) (BLNST). 

     Applicants who have not attained the requisite CRE results may also apply. Arrangements will be made for them to take a designated CRE on November 29 in Hong Kong. Local applicants who have not attained a pass result in the BLNST must separately apply for Digitalised BLNST (application details available at www.csb.gov.hk/eng/dblnst.html) and obtain a pass result before November 29 in order to be considered for appointment. Applicants must obtain the requisite CRE and BLNST results for their JRE answers to be processed. 

     Applicants may also choose to attend the JRE on November 29 in one of the seven cities outside Hong Kong (i.e. Beijing, Shanghai, London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney). In addition, the CRE and paper-based BLNST will also be held on the same day in these seven cities. The application period for the CRE and BLNST outside Hong Kong is the same as that of the joint recruitment exercise. Applicants may apply for the CRE and BLNST online from September 13 to October 3 (Hong Kong time). Similarly, applicants who will take the CRE and BLNST outside Hong Kong have to obtain the requisite results for their JRE answers to be processed.
 
    Details of the joint recruitment exercise and the online application system will be available on the CSB website (www.csb.gov.hk) from this Saturday.  For the recruitment of AO, relevant information will also be available on a dedicated website at www.ao-recruitment.gov.hk. Applicants must apply online through the CSB website and may visit the relevant webpage for any updates on the examination arrangements.

Ends/Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Issued at HKT 12:00

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