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MONDAY, MAY 23, 1988
OF THE SIX OUT FOR THE MORNING POST,
CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WORK PARTICIPATING IN THE CRE ARE ADVISED TO WATCH SERVICE VACANCIES ADVERTISED IN THE SOUTH CHINA TAO WAN PAO AND MING PAO (FOR THE CACO POST} ON SATURDAYS IN SEPTEMBER.
GRADES
CIVIL SING
EARLY
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS WILL BE IN THE FOURTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
THE CRE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1984 ΤΟ SHORTLIST THE LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO MEET THE MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS FOR INTERVIEW.
"BEFORE 1984, MOST OF THOSE GRADES CONDUCTED THEIR OWN OPEN RECRUITMENT EXAMINATIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, CANDIDATES HAD ΤΟ SIT A SUCCESSION OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS FOR THE POSTS THEY APPLIED FOR.
"AS THE EXAMINATIONS WERE SIMILAR BOTH IN CONTENT AND NATURE + IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE CRE SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO RELIEVE THE BURDEN ON THE CANDIDATES, PARTICULARLY THE UNDERGRADUATES WHO ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FINAL EXAMINATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
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LAST YEAR, A RECORD NUMBER OF 15,000 QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOR THESE POSTS. OF THE APPLICATIONS, 2,900 WERE FOR AO, 4,900 FOR EO II, 1,400 FOR CACO, 820 FOR MSO II, AND
2,600 BACH FOR ALO AND ATO II.
ABOUT 6,000 CANDIDATES WERE INVITED TO SIT FOR THE EXAMINATION, WHICH WAS HELD IN HONG KONG AND LONDON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THIS YEAR, THE CRE WILL FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF PREVIOUS YEARS AND CONSIST OF THREE PAPERS. PAPER 1, A TWO-HOUR
PAPER, IS "USE OF ENGLISH"; PAPER 2, A 75-MINUTE PAPER, IS "OBJECTIVE TESTS": AND PAPER 3, A THREE-HOUR PAPER, IS "TASK PAPER".
THE WEIGHTINGS ARE RESPECTIVELY 30 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 50 PER CENT. PAPERS 1 AND 2 ARE EXAMINED IN ENGLISH WHEREAS HALF OF PAPER 3 MUST BE ANSWERED IN CHINESE.
"CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE BASED ON THEIR OVERALL PREFORMANCE IN THIS EXAMINATION," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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