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Prospective applicants for civil service posts at degree or professional level can apply from tomorrow (April 1) to sit the Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law Test (CRE and BLT) to be held on June 11 and 18 in Hong Kong.
A spokesman for the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) said that valid CRE results are required of applicants for civil service posts at degree or professional level. Persons who are interested in applying for civil service posts at degree or professional level in the near future may wish to consider sitting the coming examination, so as to be eligible to apply for these civil service openings that might be available before another CRE is held.
In addition, candidates for civil service jobs requiring degree or professional qualifications will need to have taken a BLT. The test result will be one of the considerations to assess the suitability of a candidate for a job.
Applicants for the coming CRE and BLT should be holders of degree, or a qualification meeting the entry requirement on professional qualifications required for civil service degree or professional posts, or university students who will have attained a degree in the 2010-11 academic year. Applicants may choose to take any of the CRE papers and/or the BLT paper in the coming examination.
Persons interested may apply from tomorrow through the on-line application system on the CSB homepage at www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html , or using the CRE and BLT application form (CSB31 (3/2011)) which can be downloaded from the CSB homepage or obtained from any Public Enquiry Service Centres of District Offices or Job Centres of the Labour Department. Applications must be made before 5pm on April 14.
More details about the coming CRE and BLT will be available on the CSB homepage from tomorrow. General enquiries may be directed to the Civil Service Examinations Unit by phone at 2537 6429 or by e-mail to csbcseu@csb.gov.hk.
Ends/Thursday, March 31, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:30
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