“世界最好工作”公佈初選名單

A shortlist of 50 candidates from 22 countries has been selected for "the best job in the world" - being well paid to spend six months on a tropical Australian island, organizers said yesterday.

Ranging from dancers to scientists, chefs and students, the candidates are from countries including the United States, Britain, Russia, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Kenya.

They were selected from a total of 34,684 applicants from some 200 countries hoping to become "caretaker" of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef in a tourism promotion run by the Queensland state government.

The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars ($100,000) for six months and includes airfares from the successful candidate's home country to the island. In return, the winner will be expected to have as much fun as possible - soaking up the sun, swimming, snorkeling, sailing - and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

"Yesterday, a team of Tourism Queensland along with a professional recruitment company made the very tough decisions necessary to cut the shortlist to the Top 50," said state Tourism Minister Desley Boyle.

The top 50 videos can be viewed online at .

"There's everything from action and adventure, comedy, animation and a choreographed musical number that just stays with you," Boyle said.

The Top 50 will be narrowed down to a final 11, 10 of whom will be chosen by Tourism Queensland with an 11th 'wild card' applicant chosen by popular vote. They will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May to take part in the final selection process with the successful candidate announced on May 6.

"It's captured the imagination of the world," said Boyle.

The Top 50 includesthree Chinese.

（澳洲海島管理員）招聘主辦方昨日宣佈，“世界最好的工作”50人初選名單出爐，來自22個國家的50名候選人入圍——最終勝出者將享受高薪待遇，在澳大利亞的一個熱帶島嶼工作6個月。

入圍的候選人來自美國、英國、俄羅斯、印度、中國、日本、韓國、印尼、新加坡、馬來西亞和肯尼亞等國，其中包括舞蹈演員、科學家、廚師和學生等。

這些候選人從200個國家的34684名應聘者中選出。澳洲大堡礁漢密爾頓島護島人招聘活動是昆士蘭州政府旅遊宣傳項目的一部分。

這份爲期半年的工作總報酬達15萬澳元（合10萬美元），其中包括從護島人所在國飛往該島的機票費用。而被錄用者需要做的只是盡情享受島嶼樂趣，如沐日光浴、游泳、潛水、划船，並每週更新博客，上傳圖片和視頻，向全世界展示這裏的無限風光。

昆士蘭旅遊局局長德西里•波義爾說：“昨天，旅遊局工作小組和一家專業招聘公司共同做出了十分艱難的選擇，從衆多應聘者中選出了50名候選人。”

這50名候選人的視頻可以登錄網站在線觀看。

波義爾說：“在這些視頻中，可以看到動作片、冒險片、喜劇片以及生活片等各種元素，還有精心編排的音樂劇表演。”

據介紹，下一輪選舉將產生11人，其中10人由昆士蘭旅遊局選出，第11名“外卡”選手則將由公衆投票產生。之後，11名候選人將於5月初飛往漢密爾頓島參加最終角逐，最後的勝利者將於5月6日揭曉。

波義爾說：“這裏匯聚了全世界的想象。”

入圍的50人中有三名中國人。