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The Chief Executive-elect (CE-elect), Mr C Y Leung, announced today (June 19) that applications for the posts of Under Secretaries will remain open till this Thursday.
"Following several days of meetings, the selection committee for the posts of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants today finished meeting all the 39 Under Secretary candidates shortlisted earlier. Except for the Civil Service Bureau, where there is no Under Secretary post, the committee has identified suitable candidates for the remaining 13 bureaux," Mr Leung said.
"I promised that at least two Under Secretary candidates for each of the 13 bureaux will be available for selection by the Directors of Bureaux. The selection committee now decides to keep applications open for five bureaux till this Thursday to allow more talents who aspire to join the new political team, or those who missed the deadline last time, to submit their applications to the CE-elect's Office.
"Those five bureaux are the Security Bureau, the Transport and Works Bureau, the Environment Bureau, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau and the Food and Health Bureau."
Applicants are required to submit their personal particulars, curriculum vitae, telephone number or email address, and preferences for the bureau, together with a short essay on their views on the future development of Hong Kong, by email to application@ce-elect-office.hk or by mail addressed to the Chief Executive-elect's Office, 12/F, West Wing, Central Government Offices, Lower Albert Road, Central, by June 21. Please specify "Job application" on the envelope. Applicants who have submitted their applications earlier need not do so again.
The selection committee is chaired by the CE-elect. Members comprise the former Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Mr Anthony Wu Ting-yuk; the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Lingnan University, Ms Sophia Kao Ching-chi; the Chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council, Mr Bunny Chan Chung-bun; and the Head of the CE-elect's Office, Mrs Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun.
Ends/Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Issued at HKT 22:30
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