The Government today announced that the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) has been tentatively scheduled for June 7.

Enrolment for the CRE will open tomorrow and close on April 11. Prospective applicants for civil service posts at the degree or professional level should apply via the online application system on the Civil Service Bureau webpage.

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 for the examination include holders of a degree or of professional qualification that meet the entry requirement of the posts, and undergraduate students graduating in the 2024-25 or 2025-26 academic year.

Meanwhile, the bureau will launch a digitalised Basic Law & National Security Law Test (Degree/Professional Grades) (BLNST), providing a digitalised examination service at a fixed test centre so that candidates can take the test throughout the year rather than on designated test dates.

In view of the coming launch of the digitalised BLNST, with effect from June, the paper-based BLNST will not be organised on the same day of the CRE in Hong Kong. Implementation details of the digitalised test will be announced in the second quarter of 2025.

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

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