Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung today met more than 40 university students participating in the Administrative Service Summer Internship Programme and encouraged them to join the civil service upon graduating.

At the gathering, Mrs Yeung listened to the interns speak about their experiences during the programme.

She said: “I strongly encourage young aspiring people who are committed to serving the community to actively consider joining the civil service.

“Whether you are graduating from the university next year or in 2026, if you plan to join the Government after graduation, now is the time to learn more about the employment and development opportunities offered by the Government.

“It is encouraging to note that this round of internship programme has attracted a record high number of applications from a total of 303 students from local, Mainland and overseas universities.”

Apart from stressing that opportunity favours the prepared, the civil service chief encouraged the interns to apply for the Administrative Officer (AO) post.

“In the past five years, roughly one in every four newly recruited AOs were participants of the Administrative Service Internship Programme.

“The newly recruited AOs this year also include two Year 3 students from local universities who enrolled in the summer and winter cohorts of the internship programme last year and are now among the first batch of candidates recommended for ‘advanced conditional offers’.

“I look forward to having internship participants becoming AOs in the near future to serve the public and contribute to our country and Hong Kong with their strengths.”

A new round of recruitment exercises for the posts of AO, Executive Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II and Transport Officer II will begin in September. The relevant Common Recruitment Examination and the Basic Law & National Security Law Test are now open for application.