The Government announced today that the sitting of the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) has been tentatively scheduled for September 27.

The CRE application process will open tomorrow and close at 11.59pm on August 1. Prospective applicants for civil service posts at the degree or professional level can apply.

The next round of recruitment exercises for the posts of Administrative Officer (AO), Executive Officer II (EOII), Assistant Labour Officer II (ALOII), Assistant Trade Officer II (ATOII) and Management Services Officer II (MSOII) will begin in September.

The Civil Service Bureau iterated that those who plan to apply for civil service posts at the degree or professional level in the near future must have the requisite CRE results and are advised to take part in this round of examination.

The pool of eligible candidates for civil service jobs requiring an undergraduate degree has been expanded to students in their third year of undergraduate studies in a four-year curriculum.

This means that those eligible to sit the examination include holders of a degree, or a professional qualification meeting the entry requirements of the posts, and university students graduating in the 2025-26 or 2026-27 academic year.

Details about the upcoming CRE will be uploaded to the bureau’s webpage tomorrow.

Candidates who are interested in applying for the above vacancies but have not attained a pass result in the Basic Law & National Security Law Test (BLNST) must separately apply and obtain a pass result before the specified date, ie November 29, in order to be considered for appointment.

Additionally, for the convenience of those studying or residing outside Hong Kong, the CRE and the paper-based BLNST are tentatively scheduled to be held on November 29 in Beijing, Shanghai, London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney. Applications will open later this year.

Call the Civil Service Examinations Unit at 2537 6429 or email it for enquiries.