People who are interested in joining civil-service posts at degree or professional levels may apply before November 25 to sit for the common recruitment examination.

The exam is scheduled for January 10 in Hong Kong and will also be held on February 7 in several overseas cities. 

Degree holders, those with professional qualifications or undergraduates who will attain their degree in the next year are eligible to apply.

The Civil Service Bureau said several grades had won approval for exemption from the recruitment freeze.

Some disciplined services grades, such as Police Inspector and Immigration Officer, offer different entry pay points to candidates according to their academic qualifications.

Degree holders without valid common recruitment examination results may still apply for these posts, but they will not be eligible for the degree pay point.

Application forms (CSB31 (10/2003)) can be downloaded from the Civil Service Bureau website or collected from District Offices' Public Enquiry Service Centres and the Labour Department's Job Centres from November 15 onwards.

For more details, please visit here. Call the Civil Service Examinations Unit at 2537 6429 or e-mail to csbcseu@csb.gov.hk if you have any questions.