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47 government grades hold career fair at Hong Kong Baptist University campus (with photos)
20.9.2023

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, and the President and Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Professor Alexander Wai, visited the Government Career Fair being held at the campus of HKBU today (September 20) to learn more about the career aspirations of students and encourage them to join the civil service and serve the community. The Government Career Fair introduced to students the work and recruitment arrangements of 47 grades, including Administrative Officer (AO), Executive Officer II (EOII), Assistant Labour Officer II (ALOII), Management Services Officer II (MSOII), Transport Officer II (TOII), Student Air Traffic Control Officer, Cadet Pilot, Statistician, Technical Officer, Analyst/Programmer II, Assistant Information Officer, Assistant Programme Officer, Assistant Curator II, education-related posts, as well as various positions in the disciplined services. Mrs Yeung said the Government is the largest employer in Hong Kong and its jobs cover different fields and professions. She suggested that students learn more about the employment opportunities offered by different grades to young people, and the career fair provides students with useful recruitment information that can help them plan their careers at an earlier stage. Students could ask colleagues questions at the career fair, which would be helpful for them to apply for these jobs in the future. She added that a total of 5 300 university students had applied for the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) and the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (BLNST) (Degree/Professional Grades) to be held in October this year, which is more than double the number of applicants in the previous round of the examination held in June. Among the university students who have applied for the examination in October, nearly 30 per cent are in their third year of study. These indicate that government jobs are very attractive to university students. At present, 22 grades have expanded the pool of eligible candidates to undergraduate or postgraduate students in their penultimate year of study. She encouraged students graduating in 2025 to apply for these jobs, including the six civil service degree grades which are currently under a joint recruitment exercise. The Government's joint recruitment exercise for appointment as AO, EOII, ALOII, Assistant Trade Officer II, MSOII and TOII is in progress. This year, arrangements will be made for eligible applicants who had applied for the above six posts but do not possess the requisite CRE and/or BLNST results to take a designated CRE and BLNST tentatively scheduled for December 2 in Hong Kong. In addition, different departments/grades are planning to conduct recruitment exercises later this year, while a number of grades will conduct year-round recruitment. Different employment opportunities are provided to young people from different disciplines. For details, please refer to the website of the Civil Service Bureau ( www.csb.gov.hk ).
Civil Service College and Peking University's joint programme holds lecture on theory and practice of "one country, two systems" (with photos)
19.9.2023

The Civil Service College (CSC) of the Civil Service Bureau, in collaboration with the Institute for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Peking University, launched an in-depth programme on "one country, two systems" and the contemporary China, and organised a lecture on the topic of "The Theory and Practice of 'One Country, Two Systems'". The lecture was delivered by Professor Jiang Shigong of the Peking University Law School at the CSC today (September 19). In addressing the lecture, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said as pointed out in the report of the 20th National Congress, "one country, two systems" is the best institutional arrangement for ensuring long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong. Being the backbone of the governing team of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, senior civil servants are responsible for implementing government policies and initiatives as well as providing various public services. The civil service must understand accurately and implement fully the "one country, two systems" principle, safeguard the HKSAR's constitutional basis and order as laid down by the Constitution and the Basic Law, implement the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" and safeguard national security so as to contribute to the steadfast and successful implementation of "one country, two systems". Around 70 civil servants at the rank of Directorate Pay Scale Point 1 and 2 attended the in-depth programme. In addition, about 100 politically appointed officials and other directorate officers enrolled and sat in the lecture via video conferencing. The programme was organised to further strengthen training for senior officials and directorate civil servants. It consists of 12 monthly lectures covering a wide range of topics, such as the Communist Party of China and the contemporary China, socialism with Chinese characteristics, the theory and practice of "one country, two systems", as well as developments in contemporary Chinese society, economy, national defence, technology, and more. Distinguished scholars from the Mainland will deliver the programme and engage in in-depth discussions with participants.
CSB's first roving recruitment talks in Shanghai and Beijing conclude successfully (with photos)
15.9.2023

The Civil Service Bureau's four-day roving recruitment talks in Shanghai and Beijing concluded successfully today (September 15), attracting an online and in-person participation of over 2 000 Hong Kong people who are interested in applying for and learning more about civil service posts in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government. Five recruitment talks on the Administrative Officer (AO) and Executive Officer (EO) grades were held at the Office of the HKSAR Government in Beijing, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University respectively. Most of the attendees were university students with strong interest in civil service posts and they were keen to ask questions. In particular, the Civil Service Bureau had arranged several serving AO and EO colleagues who graduated from universities in Beijing and Shanghai to share their work experience and encourage fellow students to join the civil service. The Director of General Grades of the Civil Service Bureau, Mr Hermes Chan, and the Principal Assistant Secretary for the Civil Service (Administrative Service), Ms Yen Pun, also introduced the entry requirements, training programmes, examination and interview arrangements, and tips on preparing for the examinations of the AO and EO grades at the talks. The joint recruitment exercise for appointment as AO, EOII and four other civil service graduate posts will be open for applications starting from tomorrow (September 16). Eligible applicants are advised to seize the opportunity. For details, please visit the CSB's press release .
CSB to launch roving recruitment talks in Shanghai and Beijing today (with photos)
12.9.2023

To encourage more Hong Kong students studying in Mainland universities to join the civil service of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) will organise roving recruitment talks in Shanghai and Beijing starting from today (September 12) to introduce work of different grades, employment opportunities and recruitment processes. The Government will add Shanghai as an additional test centre in December for the Joint Recruitment Examination, the Common Recruitment Examination and the Basic Law and National Security Law Test. The first recruitment talk on the Administrative Officer (AO) and Executive Officer (EO) grades will be held this evening at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Shanghai of the HKSAR Government for Hong Kong residents studying or residing in Shanghai who wish to apply for civil service posts to take part on site or via the internet in real time. This is the first time for the CSB to organise recruitment talks in Shanghai and Beijing. In addition to the recruitment seminar at the HKETO in Shanghai, recruitment seminars on the AO and EO grades will also be held at the Office of HKSAR Government in Beijing (Beijing Office), as well as campuses of Peking University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University. Serving AOs and EOs who have joined the HKSAR Government upon graduating from Mainland universities will also return to their alma mater to share their experience in applying for government jobs during the talks and respond to participants' questions on the spot. Last week, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, visited Sun Yat-sen University and Jinan University in Guangdong Province as well as Huaqiao University in Fujian Province to brief Hong Kong students on the various job opportunities provided by the HKSAR Government. The Government will launch the Joint Recruitment Exercise for the posts of AO, EOII, Assistant Labour Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II, Management Services Officer II and Transport Officer II in the middle of this month. Moreover, different departments/grades are planning to conduct recruitment exercises later this year, while a number of grades will conduct year-round recruitment. Different employment opportunities are provided to graduates from different disciplines. To attract people with aspirations to serve the community to join the civil service, 22 departments/grades have extended the positions' application requirements to cover students who are currently studying for a bachelor's degree or postgraduate qualifications and will graduate in 2025. For information on matters related to civil service recruitment and job vacancies, as well as the latest examination arrangements, please visit the website of the CSB: www.csb.gov.hk/english/recruit/7.html .
SCS to visit Guangzhou and Xiamen tomorrow
5.9.2023

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, will depart for Guangzhou and Xiamen for a two-day duty visit tomorrow (September 6). During the visit, she will attend the opening ceremony of the first Mainland training programme dedicated to Executive Officers II of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government. She will also take the opportunity to meet Hong Kong students currently studying in Guangzhou and Xiamen to introduce to them a wide range of employment opportunities offered by the HKSAR Government and to chat with them about their studies. Mrs Yeung will return to Hong Kong on September 7.
Civil Service College holds talk on China's relations with Southeast Asian countries (with photos)
28.8.2023

The Civil Service College (CSC) today (August 28) held a talk of the series on the country's foreign affairs jointly with the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (OCMFA) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The talk, on the topic of "China's Relations with Southeast Asian Countries", was delivered by Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Mr Liang Jianjun. Addressing the talk, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said that in addition to safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, Hong Kong must leverage its distinctive advantages of enjoying strong support of the motherland and being closely connected to the world for the full implementation of "one country, two systems". In recent years, Hong Kong has actively expanded co-operation and economic ties with Southeast Asian countries. In 2022, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries were Hong Kong's second-largest trading partners only after the Mainland, with the trade value recording an average annual growth of about 5 per cent over the past five years. The Chief Executive recently led a delegation to visit Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia to press ahead with Hong Kong's early accession to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and encouraged these countries to tap into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area market by making good use of Hong Kong's professional services and financing platforms. The talk is squarely in support of the work of the HKSAR Government in this area. It deepens civil servants' understanding of the diplomatic relations between China and Southeast Asian countries as well as the current regional landscape and its development directions so that they can better tie in with the country's strategy in handling the relevant areas of work. About 110 senior officials and civil servants in the directorate and senior ranks attended the talk at the CSC today. The series of talks on the country's foreign affairs which started at the end of 2021 were well-received by colleagues. The CSC and the OCMFA continue to run the series this year, including the earlier thematic briefing session on "International Landscape and China's Foreign Relations in 2023", and are planning to hold a number of talks on topics such as the Belt and Road Initiative, the latest development of China-United States relations, etc, to be held in the second half of this year. The talks will be delivered by relevant officials of the MFA.
SCS visits Marine Department (with photos)
24.8.2023

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, visited the Marine Department (MD) today (August 24) to meet with the management and frontline staff to understand the department's work including monitoring marine traffic, co-ordinating marine rescue operations, repairing and maintaining government vessels as well as maritime training. ããMrs Yeung, together with the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung, was briefed by the Director of Marine, Ms Carol Yuen, and directorate staff on the department's operation and latest developments. They also met with staff representatives from various grades to exchange views on matters that concern them. ããMrs Yeung then visited the Vessel Traffic Centre (VTC) at the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal to see for herself how the VTC maintains surveillance over Hong Kong navigable waters through the third generation of the vessel traffic services system. At the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, duty officers introduced to her the co-ordination work during search and rescue operations upon receipt of distress reports from vessels in Hong Kong waters and the South China Sea. ããMrs Yeung said while the world is under the influence of extreme weather, and inclement weather can easily lead to maritime incidents, the MD has to integrate its professional knowledge and make good use of information technology to ensure maritime traffic and port safety. ããShe also visited the Government Dockyard on Stonecutters Island to learn more about the repair and maintenance work of government vessels. During her tour, Mrs Yeung also visited the Marine Department Training Centre and was briefed by a duty officer on the marine training provided to the department's staff, including training through computer-based simulation systems which could simulate different marine traffic and emergency situations.
Civil Service College and Peking University's joint programme holds lecture on Chinese Constitutional System (with photos)
22.8.2023

The Civil Service College (CSC) of the Civil Service Bureau, in collaboration with the Institute for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Peking University, launched an in-depth programme on "one country, two systems" and the contemporary China and organised a lecture on the topic of "The Chinese Constitutional System: the Country's Authority Structure". The lecture was delivered by the Director of the Institute for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Peking University, Professor Chen Duanhong, at the CSC today (August 22). In addressing the lecture, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said the Constitution of the People's Republic of China has established the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the national system. The Constitution has effectively safeguarded national unity, ethnic solidarity and social stability, and promoted socio-economic development and modernisation. In order to be familiar with the country, the civil service must have a correct understanding of the Constitution and the national system it set out. They must also accurately comprehend and safeguard the constitutional order of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established under the Constitution and the Basic Law. Senior civil servants should seize the opportunity to learn the Constitution of the country, so as to fully, faithfully and resolutely implement the principle of "one country, two systems". Around 70 civil servants at the rank of Directorate Pay Scale Point 1 and 2 attended the in-depth programme. In addition, about 100 politically appointed officials and other directorate officers enrolled and sat in the programme via video conferencing. The programme was organised to further strengthen training for senior officials and directorate civil servants. It consists of 12 monthly lectures in two parts: "one country, two systems" and the contemporary China. It covers a wide range of topics, such as the Communist Party of China and the contemporary China, socialism with Chinese characteristics, the theory and practice of "one country, two systems", as well as developments in contemporary Chinese society, economy, national defence, technology, and more. Distinguished scholars from the Mainland will deliver the programme and engage in in-depth discussions with participants.
Transcript of remarks by SCS
19.8.2023

Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, at a media session after attending a radio programme this morning (August 19): Reporter: Mrs Yeung, could you explain in English because you said the change to the mechanism to fire civil servants will not deter people from trying to join the civil service? Could you explain it a little bit? Secretary for the Civil Service: Our serious attitude in dealing with persistent substantive performers will in fact, I believe, incentivise those who are willing to contribute their best to their work to join the civil service, because we are now giving out a signal that we are serious about work performance. We are serious about dealing with those who cannot contribute to the civil service team. So those who have the intention of contributing their best to the civil service will find their work rewarding, their performance will not be dragged down by team members who are not performing well. So I think this move will actually incentivise those who are willing to work, who are willing to put in their best to join the civil service. (Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
SCS encourages non-ethnic Chinese interns to better equip themselves (with photos)
17.8.2023

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, today (August 17), attended a sharing session on the 2023 Internship Programme for Non-ethnic Chinese (NEC) Students to learn about their internship experiences and takeaways. She encouraged them to study hard to better equip themselves for their future careers. After listening to their sharing of internship experiences, Mrs Yeung was pleased to learn that they have gained something from the internship programme, and have had a happy and unforgettable experience. She said the Government has all along attached great importance to youth training and development, and has provided working and learning opportunities to students with different backgrounds so as to encourage youths with aspirations to serve the community to join the civil service and fulfil their goals. NEC students are also welcome to apply for government jobs. The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has been organising the Internship Programme for NEC Students since 2019, with a view to helping young NECs accumulate work experience and enhance their competitiveness for employment. So far, over 140 NEC students have taken part in the programme. They were posted to various government bureaux/departments for an internship lasting about eight weeks. Starting from this year, the CSB has been providing NEC interns with basic workplace Chinese language training (e.g. official writing format), with a view to enhancing their awareness and interest in learning Chinese. NEC interns are also encouraged to continue to strengthen their competency in Chinese through other community resources after the internship period so as to be better equipped for their future career development. Ms Ashok Aswany, who is studying business administration at a university and participated in the internship programme this year, will soon finish her internship in the Community Relations Unit of the Environment and Ecology Bureau (Environment Branch). During her internship, she assists in designing activities to promote carbon neutrality at the Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre which will be reopened soon, and drafting user guidelines for the new electronic platform of the Environment and Conservation Fund. Despite the fact that some of the tasks were not easy, she enjoyed learning and said that the internship gave her opportunities to meet with different professionals, participate in work meetings and apply what she has learned Some placements of the internship programme have involved provision of public services to NEC communities. The NEC interns generally believe that they had a fruitful time during the internship, and that it has enhanced their understanding of the Government's support services for NEC communities.
Civil Service College organises first seminar of series on "Holistic View of National Security" (with photos)
2.8.2023

The Civil Service College (CSC) of the Civil Service Bureau has launched the "Holistic View of National Security" seminar series, providing a comprehensive and multi-perspective analysis of the development of the holistic view of national security, its main content, the challenges of safeguarding national security, and its significance to the country's development. The first seminar of the series, on the topic of "The Overview of the Development of Holistic View of National Security", was delivered by the Director of the Office of the Center for a Holistic Approach to National Security and Research Professor of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Mr Chen Xiangyang, at the Central Government Offices today (August 2). Addressing the seminar, the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, said that the civil service is an integral part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) governance system, and civil servants must deepen their understanding of the necessity and importance of safeguarding national security in the complex international environment. They should be proactive in discharging their duties of safeguarding national security and act in full accord with the HKSAR Government in promoting the work of safeguarding national security. The seminar series consists of seven talks, covering topics such as the relationship between national security and the rise and fall of great nations; global economic change; and the opportunities and challenges of technological development for safeguarding national security. The seminars are delivered by experts from the Center for a Holistic Approach to National Security and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. Around 200 officers, including middle and senior-level civil servants and politically appointed officials, attended the seminar today.