Hong Kong Police Force Chief

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

All the shocks within the police force returned to calm.

The new heads of various departments have completely handed over all their work and entered the state of performing their duties.

The third-generation communication command system has been fully replaced as scheduled.

The daily work of the police force has become calmer, and Zhou Quan thought he could relax for a while.

Unfortunately, the weather was not good.

The police force had just entered a new era and faced a strong crisis that could almost be called a disaster.

On Monday, Zhou Quan came to his office for less than half an hour, and he received a disaster warning from other departments of the Hong Kong government.

This is not about any terrorist attacks, major cases, etc.

It's just that the power of heaven is unpredictable, and the natural environment changes suddenly.

With a frown, Zhou Quan's eyes moved away from the faxed documents in his hand and turned to look at the endless rain curtain outside the window.

Hong Kong Island is located in the subtropics, and high temperatures and heavy rains are the norm.

However, such a heavy rain is rare.

From last Friday until today, there has been almost no sunny day in Hong Kong Island.

"National Security DCP Zhou Quan of the Police Force, please transfer to the heads of IMMD, CED, GFC, FSD, CAS. AMS and other departments."

Putting down the faxed document, Zhou Quan picked up the internal phone at his desk and called the information processing center of the Government Headquarters Building directly.

"It is 0815, 0910. I am convening a national security meeting for Hong Kong Island in the Police Tai Kwun, and require the above-mentioned personnel to attend on time."

The code abbreviations mentioned by Zhou Quan are the abbreviations of the Immigration Department, Customs, Flying Service, Fire Department, Civil Safety Service, and Auxiliary Medical Service.

In addition to the Hong Kong Police Force where Zhou Quan himself is, the only disciplined forces of the Hong Kong government that have not been notified are the Correctional Services Department and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The faxed document just now was a disaster warning sent by the Hong Kong Observatory.

The strong tropical typhoon code-named Poseidon is approaching the territory of Hong Kong Island with the force of a tsunami.

The continuous rain curtain in the past few days is caused by Typhoon Haishen.

According to the detection of the Observatory, Typhoon Haishen is currently gathering within a range of 500 kilometers southeast of Hong Kong Island.

At the same time, Typhoon Haishen is moving towards the direction of Hong Kong Island at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

The highest sustained wind force in the center of the typhoon has reached a terrifying 200 kilometers per hour.

According to this situation, Typhoon Haishen has reached a terrifying wind speed of more than ten levels.

You should know that the highest international wind force and wind speed classification is only level 18.

Of course, there are also huge differences between level 18 typhoons. Typhoons with wind speeds exceeding 220 kilometers per hour are all within the level 18 category.

But even a level 17 typhoon has very terrifying destructive power.

The Hong Kong government has a professional disaster warning working group, but this does not affect Zhou Quan's convening of a special meeting.

As the current actual helmsman of the police force and a member of the Hong Kong Island National Security Committee, Zhou Quan has the right in this regard.

After the internal call to the information processing center of the government headquarters ended, Zhou Quan turned to dial another internal number.

"I am Lu Minghua, Sir Quan, have you received the warning message?"

Lu Minghua, the deputy director of the Security Bureau on the other side of the internal call, asked knowingly, with a serious tone.

"Well, the Observatory is preparing to announce the No. 8 typhoon signal on 0910."

Zhou Quan nodded steadily, and his tone was also not relaxed.

The No. 8 typhoon signal is also known as the No. 8 gale or storm signal.

This is the second-level warning signal for storm disasters in Hong Kong Island.

Under this signal, all departments of the entire Hong Kong government need to be on high alert.

As the superior department of many disciplined forces of the Hong Kong government, how could the Observatory not inform it in advance?

"Sir Lu, the situation is serious, I won't say any more polite words."

Zhou Quan did not exchange too much greetings with Lu Minghua, he immediately stated the purpose of his call.

"I have just taken the lead in convening a special disaster pre-processing meeting within the disciplined forces with national security as the core."

"0910, held in the Tai Kwun Conference Room of the Police Force, and now officially report to your Security Bureau."

It is true that Zhou Quan has the corresponding authority, but the Security Bureau is ultimately the superior organization of the police force.

The most important thing is that the Secretary for Security is also a member of the Hong Kong government's National Security Committee.

No matter from which aspect, Zhou Quan should say hello to the Security Bureau.

The reason why this call was made to Lu Minghua's office.

That's because the Secretary for Security went north to visit and study a few days ago, and is now blocked from Hong Kong Island by the bad weather.

Before the threat of Typhoon Haishen to Hong Kong Island dissipates, Lu Minghua will temporarily speak for the Hong Kong government's Security Bureau.

"No problem, I will attend this meeting on behalf of the Security Bureau later."

Lu Minghua's attitude is very clear. He neither obstructs the idea of ​​opposing Zhou Quan nor intends to seize the initiative of the next special meeting.

In the final analysis, there are two reasons.

First, Zhou Quan has just emphasized the main purpose of the meeting, which is a special meeting on disaster pre-processing with national security as the core.

Lu Minghua has the highest rank among all the participants, but he is not a member of the Hong Kong government's National Security Committee.

It is okay to listen in and make suggestions, but it is obviously not okay to really intervene.

Another reason is very simple. There is no need for Lu Minghua to conflict with Zhou Quan.

Publicly and privately, in the upcoming special meeting on disaster preparedness.

Lu Minghua is basically a mascot character, just going through the motions.

It was exactly 8:50 in the morning, even though it was raining heavily outside.

However, all participants rushed to the conference room of the Police Force Building in advance despite the heavy rain.

As the initiator of the special meeting, Zhou Quan took the main seat without hesitation.

Lu Minghua, who was nominally the boss of all participants, sat directly opposite Zhou Quan.

There is no doubt about their identity, and they are well-deserved powerful figures in the Hong Kong government.

Among the remaining heads of disciplinary forces, the most important person is Chen Yongqin, the current Commissioner of Customs.

He was Lu Minghua's trusted confidant. He took the position of Deputy Commissioner of Customs in the previous Customs malfeasance case.

Some time ago, when the structure of the police force was undergoing major changes, the Commissioner of Customs also applied for early retirement.

This has caused some changes in the internal management of the customs.

The most important point is that Lu Minghua's cronies have taken the position of customs commissioner.

Of course, the reason why Chen Yongqin’s weight is higher than that of other heads of disciplinary forces.

The core reason is naturally that customs is one of the disciplinary forces with legal firearms.

The boss holding the gun barrel is obviously tougher than the others, and his voice is fully qualified to be raised an octave.