Candidates interested in applying for AO, EOII, ALOII, ATOII, MSOII and TOII posts reminded to apply for Common Recruitment Examination and Basic Law Test
The Government announced today (August 2) that 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), Management Services Officer II (MSOII) and Transport Officer II (TOII) will begin in September 2018.
Applicants for these posts will need to have obtained Level 2 in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) or equivalent results and a Pass in the Aptitude Test (AT) paper in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) as part of the entry requirements for the posts. In addition, candidates' performance in the Basic Law Test (Degree/Professional Grades) (BLT) will be one of the considerations to assess their suitability.
The CRE and BLT will respectively be held in Hong Kong, and Beijing and six overseas cities. The details are set out below:
| Location | Application Period (Hong Kong time) | Examination Date |
| Hong Kong | August 3 to August 16 (5pm) | October 6 and 13 |
| Beijing and six overseas cities (namely London, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney) |
September 22 to October 5 (5pm) | December 8 |
Details relating to the CRE and BLT and an on-line application system will be made available on the website of Civil Service Bureau (www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html) during the said application periods, while details of the 2018-19 AO, EOII, ALOII, ATOII, MSOII and TOII recruitment exercises will be separately announced in September.
Candidates who later submit an application for these posts will not automatically be given places at the CRE. Therefore, candidates who wish to apply for these posts in the 2018-19 recruitment exercises but do not possess the requisite CRE results or equivalent results, as well as those who would like to attempt the BLT, must file a separate application to take the relevant CRE paper(s) and/or BLT during the relevant application periods. Candidates who possess the requisite CRE or equivalent results in the two language papers but do not have a Pass in the AT paper are reminded to apply to take the AT paper in order to fulfil relevant entry requirement. Moreover, all CRE and/or BLT applicants may apply to take the examination in either Hong Kong or any one of the above-mentioned cities outside Hong Kong (i.e. Beijing and six overseas cities), but not both.