Assistant Information Officers (General) work in the fields of news services, publicity and public relations in Information Services Department, Secretariat Press Offices or Departmental Information Public Relations Units. They are mainly responsible for media research; information dissemination and media arrangements; publicity and promotions and emergency duties. They may be required to work shift.

(a) a bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent [Note 1]; and
(b) a pass result in the Aptitude Test (AT) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) [Notes 2 & 3]; and
(c) met the language proficiency requirements of Level 2 results in the two language papers [Note 2] (Use of Chinese [Note 4] and Use of English [Notes 4 & 5]) in the CRE [Note 3], or equivalent; and be able to communicate effectively in Chinese and English.

Assistant Information Officer (General) Written Examination
Applicants are required to sit an Assistant Information Officer (General) written examination to be conducted in Hong Kong by Information Services Department. The examination date will be posted to Information Services Department website (http://www.isd.gov.hk). Only those who have passed the examination will be further considered for the selection interview(s). 　Candidates who are selected for the written examination/selection interview(s) will receive an invitation by post/email. Candidates who are not invited to attend the written examination within three months from the closing date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

Basic Law Assessment
For the purpose of heightening public awareness of the Basic Law (BL) and promoting a culture of learning of BL in the community, applicants for civil service jobs will be assessed on their BL knowledge. The BL test result for degree/professional grades will constitute an appropriate weighting in a candidate’s overall assessment.