一般人可唔可以升做署長或局長級？

　署長是由政務主任晉升至此職位，但局長則可能是政治任命；除非你現在考入政府做政務主任，做得一定成績的話，廿多卅年後由你做一署之長應沒有難度。（但如果你想由基層警員做至警務處處長職位，就肯定沒可能）
　二零零二年前未行高官問責制，原則上政務主任可以由署長晉升出任局長；如前房屋局長黃星華、前運輸局局長吳榮奎等。
　現時的決策局局長屬問責制，多數由特首有意委派的人士出任；如衛生福利及食物局局長，由做過伊利沙伯醫院行政總監的周一嶽出任，並非由衛生署內部的署長們晉升出任；又如財經事務庫務局局長馬時亨，在出任局長前是商人，身兼多間公司的董事。只要特首認為你適合做，他就會委任你做。
　不過萬一你做錯事要孭鑊，就要負上政治責任，辭職不幹了，如當年的衛福局局長楊永強。

Usually, department heads (署長) are at Directorate Point 3 (D3) and above and Bureau heads (局長) at more senior rank (at least D8).

For most government departments, their department heads are Administrative Officers (AO). For some departments, such as Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD), their department head is an Engineer.

So, it really depends on your career path. Of course, a citizen can have a chance be employed as civil servants and promoted to department heads and bureau head.

其實現時所有署長或局長級都要最少大學畢業, 慢慢升上去....
很多都是由AO出身(Adminstration Officer Grade) 而一般EO(Executive Officer Grade)最多可以升到SPEO(Special Principal Executive Officer 高級首席行政主任　－　月任過十萬架　－　不過，　所有Adminstration Officer Grade同埋Executive Officer Grade都是大學生架，　所以一般市民可以由這兩方面入行喇．．．不過至於最後可不可以升到那麼高級，　就真係要看工作表現加上際遇喇！　然而，　都要入行後很多年之後的事囉！