Dear Ms Chung,

 

Thank you for your access to information request of 20 September 2026. 
The requested information is appended below, please.

 

Engineer

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for
(in which the interviews appointment duty
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 437 101 410 93 61 13 60 12

(81.2%) (18.8%) (81.5%) (18.5%) (82.4%) (17.6%) (83.3%) (16.7%)
2017 511 120 479 115 108 52 105 50

(81%) (19%) (80.6%) (19.4%) (67.5%) (32.5%) (67.7%) (32.3%)
2018 597 151 554 143 132 50 123 46

(79.8%) (20.2%) (79.5%) (20.5%) (72.5%) (27.5%) (72.8%) (27.2%)
2019 598 127 551 120 101 26 96 24

(82.5%) (17.5%) (82.1%) (17.9%) (79.5%) (20.5%) (80%) (20%)
2020 574 132 521 125 45 6 45 6

(81.3%) (18.7%) (80.7%) (19.3%) (88.2%) (11.8%) (88.2%) (11.8%)
2021 552 139 499 123 27 9 27 9

(79.9%) (20.1%) (80.2%) (19.8%) (75%) (25%) (75%) (25%)
2022 500 119 464 113 39 19 37 18

(80.8%) (19.2%) (80.4%) (19.6%) (67.2%) (32.8%) (67.3%) (32.7%)
2023 511 107 451 94 29 7 29 7

(82.7%) (17.3%) (82.8%) (17.2%) (80.6%) (19.4%) (80.6%) (19.4%)
2024  
2025
2026 No Engineer recruitment exercise was launched in these years.

 

Geotechnical Engineer

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for
(in which the interviews appointment duty
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 ^Note 105 21 72 10 9 2 9 2

(83.3%) (16.7%) (87.8%) (12.2%) (81.8%) (18.2%) (81.8%) (18.2%)
2016 ^Note 101 15 70 9 5 3 5 3

(87.1%) (12.9%) (88.6%) (11.4%) (62.5%) (37.5%) (62.5%) (37.5%)
2017 No Geotechnical Engineer recruitment exercise was launched in
this year.
2018 126 16 83 7 9 2 8 2

(88.7%) (11.3%) (92.2%) (7.8%) (81.8%) (18.2%) (80%) (20%)
2019 142 23 91 14 6 1 6 1

(86.1%) (13.9%) (86.7%) (13.3%) (85.7%) (14.3%) (85.7%) (14.3%)
2020 109 20 72 14 7 1 7 1

(84.5%) (15.5%) (83.7%) (16.3%) (87.5%) (12.5%) (87.5%) (12.5%)
2021 127 24 82 15 2 3 2 3

(84.1%) (15.9%) (84.5%) (15.5%) (40%) (60%) (40%) (60%)
2022 85 18 51 11 7 2 7 2

(82.5%) (17.5%) (82.3%) (17.7%) (77.8%) (22.2%) (77.8%) (22.2%)
2023 73 7 54 7 6 1 6 1

(91.25%) (8.75%) (88.5%) (11.5%) (85.7%) (14.3%) (85.7%) (14.3%)
2024 No Geotechnical Engineer recruitment exercise was launched in
2025 these years.
2026

Note: Two Geotechnical Engineer recruitment exercises were launched in
2016, one in January and one in December of the year.

 

Assistant Engineer

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for duty
(in which the interviews appointment
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 76 28 68 27 14 11 13 10
(73.1%)
(26.9%) (71.6%) (28.4%) (56%) (44%) (56.5%) (43.5%)
2017 74 25 71 23 11 15 11 15

(74.7%) (25.3%) (75.5%) (24.5%) (42.3%) (57.7%) (42.3%) (57.7%)
2018 133 37 120 34 33 7 33 7
(78.2%)
(21.8%) (77.9%) (22.1%) (82.5%) (17.5%) (82.5%) (17.5%)
2019 163 52 146 50 29 11 29 11

(75.8%) (24.2%) (74.5%) (25.5%) (72.5%) (27.5%) (72.5%) (27.5%)
2020 166 46 157 44 31 10 31 9

(78.3%) (21.7%) (78.1%) (21.9%) (75.6%) (24.4%) (77.5%) (22.5%)
2021 144 47 124 40 17 8 17 8

(75.4%) (24.6%) (75.6%) (24.4%) (68%) (32%) (68%) (32%)
2022 106 26 92 19 22 8 22 6

(80.3%) (19.7%) (82.9%) (17.1%) (73.3%) (26.7%) (78.6%) (21.4%)
2023 85 23 76 22 22 10 22 10

(78.7%) (21.3%) (77.6%) (22.4%) (68.75%) (31.25%) (68.75%) (31.25%)
2024 82 21 73 19 26 6 26 6

(79.6%) (20.4%) (79.3%) (20.7%) (81.25%) (18.75%) (81.25%) (18.75%)
2025 89 25 79 23 24 9 24 8

(78.1%) (21.9%) (77.5%) (22.5%) (72.7%) (27.3%) (75%) (25%)
2026 130 29 98 25 21 5 21 5

(81.8%) (18.2%) (79.7%) (20.3%) (80.8%) (19.2%) (80.8%) (19.2%)

 

Assistant Geotechnical Engineer

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for
(in which the interviews appointment duty
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 34 11 30 11 5 1 4 1

(75.6%) (24.4%) (73.2%) (26.8%) (83.3%) (16.7%) (80%) (20%)
2017 47 8 45 7 5 3 5 2

(85.5%) (14.5%) (86.5%) (13.5%) (62.5%) (37.5%) (71.4%) (28.6%)
2018 42 14 31 9 2 2 1 2

(75%) (25%) (77.5%) (22.5%) (50%) (50%) (33.3%) (66.7%)
2019 42 20 36 17 3 0 2 0

(67.7%) (32.3%) (67.9%) (32.1%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (0%)
2020 54 12 43 10 8 2 6 1

(81.8%) (18.2%) (81.1%) (18.9%) (80%) (20%) (85.7%) (14.3%)
2021 39 11 30 10 4 2 4 2

(78%) (22%) (75%) (25%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%)
2022 26 10 22 9 3 2 3 1

(72.2%) (27.8%) (71%) (29%) (60%) (40%) (75%) (25%)
2023 20 4 18 4 2 4 2 4

(83.3%) (16.7%) (81.8%) (18.2%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%)
2024 22 5 19 4 4 0 4 0

(81.5%) (18.5%) (82.6%) (17.4%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (0%)
2025 20 7 16 7 1 2 1 2

(74.1%) (25.9%) (69.6%) (30.4%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%)
2026 42 5 33 5 2 0 2 0

(89.4%) (10.6%) (86.8%) (13.2%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (0%)

 

Civil Engineering Graduate engaged by works departments

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for duty
(in which the interviews appointment
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 287 53 263 46 17 5 17 5

(84.4%) (15.6%) (85.1%) (14.9%) (77.3%) (22.7%) (77.3%) (22.7%)
2017 281 70 244 59 20 9 16 7

(80.1%) (19.9%) (80.5%) (19.5%) (69%) (31%) (69.6%) (30.4%)
2018 279 59 76 22 22 6 22 6

(82.5%) (17.5%) (77.6%) (22.4%) (78.6%) (21.4%) (78.6%) (21.4%)
2019 266 80 75 25 21 11 21 11

(76.9%) (23.1%) (75%) (25%) (65.6%) (34.4%) (65.6%) (34.4%)
2020 238 74 97 31 24 8 24 8

(76.3%) (23.7%) (75.8%) (24.2%) (75%) (25%) (75%) (25%)
2021 213 41 102 15 31 5 28 4

(83.9%) (16.1%) (87.2%) (12.8%) (86.1%) (13.9%) (87.5%) (12.5%)
2022 177 42 98 23 26 6 26 6

(80.8%) (19.2%) (81%) (19%) (81.25%) (18.75%) (81.25%) (18.75%)
2023 200 37 97 19 26 10 22 10

(84.4%) (15.6%) (83.6%) (16.4%) (72.2%) (27.8%) (68.75%) (31.25%)
2024 150 30 106 11 33 3 29 3

(83.3%) (16.7%) (90.6%) (9.4%) (91.7%) (8.3%) (90.6%) (9.4%)
2025 184 41 99 25 34 11 32 9

(81.8%) (18.2%) (79.8%) (20.2%) (75.6%) (24.4%) (78%) (22%)
2026 The recruitment exercise is in progress.

 

Geotechnical Engineering Graduate

 

Year Qualified Applicants Applicants Applicants
applicants attended the offered reported for
(in which the interviews appointment duty
advertisement Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
was
published) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
2016 219 42 79 18 8 0 5 0
(16.1%) (81.4%)
(83.9%) (18.6%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (0%)
2017 269 59 101 29 5 3 3 2
(77.7%) (22.3%) (62.5%) (37.5%)
(82%) (18%) (60%) (40%)
2018 257 56 102 28 2 2 1 2
(82.1%) (78.5%) (21.5%) (33.3%) (66.7%)
(17.9%) (50%) (50%)
2019 150 42 74 25 2 2 2 2
(78.1%) (21.9%) (74.7%) (25.3%)
(50%) (50%) (50%) (50%)
2020 154 42 49 11 2 1 2 1
(78.6%) (21.4%) (81.7%) (18.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%)
2021 118 15 49 2 2 1 1 1
(88.7%) (11.3%) (96.1%) (66.7%) (33.3%)
(3.9%) (50%) (50%)
2022 80 22 38 6 4 0 3 0
(21.6%) (86.4%) (13.6%)
(78.4%) (100%) (0%) (100%) (0%)
2023 111 18 37 10 2 1 2 1
(78.7%) (21.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%)
(86%) (14%)
2024 67 17 30 7 3 1 3 0
(20.2%) (81.1%) (18.9%)
(79.8%) (75%) (25%) (100%) (0%)
2025 138 35 51 12 1 2 1 2
(79.8%) (20.2%) (33.3%) (66.7%) (33.3%) (66.7%)
(81%) (19%)
2026 The recruitment exercise is in progress.

 

Yours sincerely,

Karen Yip

for Director of Civil Engineering and Development

 

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From: [1][ATI #1624 email]On Behalf OfMs Chung
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2026 4:54:53 AM (UTC+08:00) Beijing,
Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
To: AMY YUK YING CHIU/CEDD
Subject: Access to Information request - Request for Information under the
Code on Access to Information: Government Engineering Recruitment
Statistics (2016–2026)

Dear Civil Engineering and Development Department,

Under the Code on Access to Information, I request annual recruitment
statistics for CEDD engineering posts (Graduate Engineer, Assistant
Engineer, Engineer in Civil and Geotechnical disciplines) for 2016 to 2026
(or the latest available year).

For each recruitment cycle, please provide the gender breakdown (Male vs.
Female headcount and percentage) for:
1. Applicants: Total female vs. male applicants 2. Shortlist: Female vs.
male candidates interviewed 3. Offers: Female vs. male candidates issued
job offers 4. Final Intake: Female vs. male candidates hired and reported
for duty

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Ms Chung

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