Access to Information Request — JRE and AO/EOII Request Handling, Publication Policies and Appointee Backgrounds
Dear Civil Service Bureau,
Under the Code on Access to Information, I request the following existing records concerning the Joint Recruitment Examination (JRE) and Administrative Officer (AO) and Executive Officer II (EOII) recruitment.
**1. Information request records and outcomes**
Please provide existing logs of relevant Code requests received from 1 January 2023 to 3 October 2026, including references, subjects, receipt and acknowledgement dates, substantive and final response dates, and outcomes, using your existing categories.
**2. Response-time statistics**
Please provide existing annual response-time statistics for 2023–2025 and 2026 up to 3 October, including recorded averages or medians, response-time bands and outstanding cases. Please include measurement definitions, recorded reasons for extensions and Code provisions used to withhold information.
**3. Proactive publication**
Please provide existing publication inventories, plans, policies and guidance current as at 3 October 2026, plus publication decisions and recorded reasons from 1 January 2023 to that date. Where recorded, include information categories, recruitment years, URLs, formats, update frequency, responsible units and retention arrangements.
Please also include records defining the coverage and update arrangements of the DATA.GOV.HK dataset “Recruitment Figures for Grades Participating in the Joint Recruitment Examination”. This request concerns publication arrangements rather than copies of recruitment statistics.
**4. Appointee qualifications and work experience**
For the 2022–23 to 2025–26 exercises, please provide existing aggregate summaries of AO and EOII appointees’ highest qualifications and prior full-time work experience, using records held as at 3 October 2026. Separate figures by grade and exercise where available, including recorded experience bands, definitions and coverage gaps.
Please provide electronic copies in existing formats, including machine-readable records where held, or public links. I seek existing records only, without new calculations or identifiable personal data; existing redaction or suppression methods are acceptable.
Please identify records not held, explain any withholding under the applicable Code provision, and provide separable non-exempt material. Please advise me before incurring charges.
Yours faithfully,
Kan Hok Ling
Email: [email address]
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email dated 14 October 2026. We are processing your
request and will give you a reply as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
(Miss Mandy LAU)
for Secretary for the Civil Service
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email dated 14 October 2026.
After consulting the relevant subject divisions and further to our interim
reply dated 23 October 2026, a substantive reply is provided below –
Requests under the Code on Access to Information
The information requested and released under the Code on Access to
Information (the Code) by the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) is available on
our website
([1]https://www.csb.gov.hk/english/otherinfo... We do not
readily have statistics on the response time for the information
requested, such as averages and medians. Nonetheless, when handling Code
requests, CSB strictly adheres to the prescribed procedures and the target
response times set out in the Code. Pursuant to paragraphs 1.16 and 1.18
of the Code and paragraphs 1.16.1 and 1.18.1 of the Guidelines on
Interpretation and Application of the Code, information will be made
available within 10 days of receipt of a written request. If that is not
possible, the applicant will be so advised by an interim reply within ten
days of receipt of the request, and the target response time will then be
21 days from receipt of the request. Where a response to a request for
information is required to be deferred beyond 21 days in exceptional
circumstances, including but not limited to the need to seek legal advice
on a request, or the need for an extensive search of files in order to
meet the request, an explanation would be provided to the applicant, and
the maximum response time will then be 51 days from the date of receipt of
the request. In the event that a request for information is refused, CSB
will fully comply with the relevant provisions set out in Part 2 of the
Code, and the applicant will be informed of the reasons for refusal.
Publication on DATA.GOV.HK Platform
The following datasets of information related to the Joint Recruitment
Examination (JRE), Administrative Officer (AO) and Executive Officer II
(EOII) Recruitment Exercises, are provided by CSB on the DATA.GOV.HK
platform –
(i) Annual Recruitment Timeline of Administrative Officer
([2]https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-c...)
(ii) Timetable of the Annual Executive Officer Recruitment Exercise
([3]https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-c...)
(iii) Recruitment Figures for Grades Participating in the Joint
Recruitment Examination
([4]https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-c...)
Please be advised that the information regarding the timeline of the AO
recruitment exercise is currently provided on the dedicated website at
[5]https://www.ao-recruitment.gov.hk/englis..., while the
timetable of the EOII recruitment exercise is currently available on CSB
website at [6]https://www.csb.gov.hk/english/admin/gra...
The recruitment figures for grades participating in the JRE are provided
as and when necessary and are available for download in CSV format. You
may refer to the aforementioned websites for details of the publication
arrangement of datasets and the relevant information of the JRE, the AO
and EOII recruitment exercises.
Qualification and Work Experience of AO and EOII Appointees
The recruitment of AO and EOII are open to all applicants who meet the
stipulated entry requirements. As with other civil service positions,
recruitment and appointments are conducted based on the principle of open
and fair competition. Eligible applicants are required to undergo a
competitive selection process, including written examination and selection
interviews. Beyond establishing that candidates meet the stipulated entry
requirements, their specific academic qualifications and prior work
experience are not determining factors in the selection process.
Recruitment boards select candidates based on their merits and performance
in the selection process, with a view to identifying suitable candidates
for the respective recruiting grades.
Accordingly, aggregate summaries of qualifications and work experience of
the appointees of AO and EOII in recent recruitment years are not readily
available. We are therefore not able to provide such information as
requested.
Yours sincerely,
(Miss Mandy LAU)
for Secretary for the Civil Service
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