Civil Service Personnel Rule 19

Selection and Appointment of General Service Staff and Clerical Staff

19. (a) When the external persons are needed to be selected and appointed to the posts of general service staff grade (1) and clerical staff grade (1), the relevant Ministries and service personnel organizations:

• (i) shall ask for the list of nominees who meet the specified qualifications among the persons who are registered in the labour offices for the vacant post, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security;
• (ii) the selection board formed under the rule 18 shall:
  • (aa) interview the nominees and, if necessary, hold written tests and proficiency tests;
  • (bb) make a list of persons who are arranged in order of their score in the interviews, written and proficiency tests and the list shall be submitted to the head of the service personnel organization or the appointing authority;
• (iii) the head of service personnel organization or the appointing authority shall appoint the selected persons to the vacant posts in order of their positions in the list.
  (b) The appointment of external persons to the posts of general service staff grade (1) and clerical staff grade (1) shall be done in accordance with the sub-rule (a) and the appointments to the posts of other levels shall be done by the promotion process.