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The Government will start conducting a recruitment exercise tomorrow (October 18) to select a maximum of 40 and 190 candidates for appointment on civil service terms as Administrative Officer (AO) and Executive Officer II (EOII) respectively in 2006-07.
The application period will run from October 18 to 31. Recruitment advertisements will be placed in the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily on October 18, 21 and 28, 2006, and on the Civil Service Bureau's homepage (atĦĦwww.csb.gov.hk) from tomorrow. For the recruitment of AO, advertisement will also be placed in the overseas editions of Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily on October 21 and 28, 2006.
The advertisements will also be accessible at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government Information Centre on the Internet (at www.info.gov.hk).
The recruitment is open to all permanent residents of the HKSAR (for the AO post, applicants should have at least seven years of residence in Hong Kong) who possess the required degree from a university in Hong Kong (or equivalent qualifications) or those who are undergraduates taking their final degree examinations in summer 2007. Applicants may refer to the advertisements for details of the qualification requirements.
All AO and/or EOII applicants would need to obtain "Level 2" results in the two language papers (i.e. Use of Chinese and Use of English) and a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination before they are qualified to apply for the AO and/or EOII post(s). Applicants without the requisite Common Recruitment Examination results, or equivalent, will be invited to attend the next round of examinations to be held in Hong Kong on December 16, 2006 (only for candidates residing in Hong Kong). Applicants are also advised to refer to the advertisements for details regarding the examination requirements.
Qualified applicants currently possessing the requisite examination results, as well as those who attain such results in the coming examination, will be invited to attend the Joint Administrative Officer/Executive Officer Recruitment Examination (Joint AO/EORE) on February 3 next year. Candidates residing or studying outside Hong Kong may take both the examination and Joint AO/EORE on February 3 next year in any one of the six overseas examination centres or in Hong Kong.
Application forms (CSB 606 and CSB 606A) (10/2006) are available at the Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices, Home Affairs Department and any Job Centre of the Employment Services Division, Labour Department, or they can be downloaded from the Civil Service Bureau's homepage (atĦĦwww.csb.gov.hk).
Applicants can make on-line applications directly through the bureau's website. Each applicant should only submit one application, either by hand, by post or through on-line application. Duplicate applications will result in delay in processing and applicants may not get sufficient notice for being invited to attend the examination(s).
Ends/Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:01
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