By Vir B. Lumicao
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| 3,000 Filipinos are expected to take the test in HK |
The first-ever Civil Service Examinations for Filipinos in
Hong Kong is likely to push through on Nov 27, as three venues have been picked
by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office to accommodate the estimated 3,000
examinees.
The registration for examinees is expected to start soon
after the Civil Service Commission meets tomorrow to fix the date of the examination.
Labor Attaché Jalilo de la Torre told The SUN initial talks
have already been made with three planned venues: the Hong Kong Convention and
Exhibition Centre in Wanchai, Delia Memorial School-Hip Wo in Kwun Tong, and
Bayanihan Centre in Kennedy Town.
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| The Bayanihan Centre may be one of the venues |
But he said the booking of the venues would be finalized only
after the CSC meeting tomorrow.
“We have enough seats already. We’re just waiting for word
from the CSC,” he said today.
“Those three sites should be able to accommodate the
examinees. The Convention Centre hall will take in 950, and the rest will be
divided between Delia and Bayanihan,” he said.
POLO had earlier re-set the examination to Dec 18, when the
event was put on the waitlist for a hall at the Convention Centre. But Labatt de la Torre said the December date was
just an alternative if a venue was not found for Nov 27.
Finding a place big enough to host such a large crowd of
examinees had been a challenge.
One site also targeted by POLO, the AsiaWorld Centre at the
Hong Kong International Airport, was likewise booked for another event. Besides,
the rental cost for the AsiaWorld venue was deemed prohibitive, at $1 million
per day.
To register, one must go to the CSC website: http://www.csc.gov.ph//
then look for a page in its “Our Services” section called “Processing of Exam
Applications”. There, interested parties
can choose either “Paper and Pencil Test” or “Computerized Examination”.
The “Computerized Examination” (COMEX) sub-page has a
step-by-step tutorial on how to take the online examination and the
requirements, but is not yet hyperlinked or still inactive, but Labatt De la
Torre said it would be linked after the meeting on Thursday.
“They will activate it as soon as the CSC decides tomorrow,”
he said.
