1 500 NEC students benefit from recruitment talks

1 Photo

Recruitment Division (RECDIV) has been organising career talks and publicity activities for Non-ethnic Chinese (NEC) students. These activities have achieved their intended purposes and received a good response from schools and NEC students. To further strengthen the links with the NEC community and to encourage NEC youths to join the Force after their schooling, RECDIV conducted recruitment talks at 11 secondary and primary schools from November 2009 to this month, with over 1 500 NEC students attending the talks.

During the recruitment talks, Police Constable (PC) Yau Ka-fai and Woman Police Constable Tso Siu-yin from RECDIV introduced the entry requirements, selection procedure, attributes required of police recruits, salaries and benefits as well as career paths and promotion prospects for Police Inspector and Police Constable.

Being not well versed in the Chinese language, most NEC students were concerned that they might not be able to meet the Force's requirement of proficiency in the language. They also revealed that difficulties in mastering the Chinese language had affected their confidence in joining the Force. RECDIV, therefore, focused their talks on the requirements of the Chinese language and offered tips on how to learn Chinese and prepare for the written examination and interviews.

As a result of the recruitment talks, RECDIV officers have noticed that the students found police work meaningful and challenging. Some also found job stability and conditions of services offered by the Force attractive.

The credit for the success of the recruitment talks should go to four guest speakers:  Chief Inspector (CIP) MM Khan, CIP Rohit Bhagat, PCs Tommy Khan and Faisal Abdul. They talked about their backgrounds, their jobs and the selection procedure, and offered advice on how to overcome language difficulties. They also encouraged the students to do their best to improve their language proficiency.

CIP Khan reminded the students: 'Proficiency in the Chinese language can hardly be improved overnight. You should listen more, write more and speak more in your daily life.'

PC Faisal Abdul, who has attained Grade C and Level 4 in Chinese Language in HKALE and HKCEE respectively, advised the students to improve their communication skill and proficiency in Chinese if they planned to join the Force.

Feedback shows that in the views of the NEC students and their teachers, the career talks have achieved triple effects - bringing NEC students and police officers closer together, advancing participants' understanding of police work and arousing their interest in taking up police work as a lifelong career.

The RECDIV recruitment talks encourage NEC students to join the Force

<<Back to News>> <<Back to Top>>