At Hong Kong Island International Airport, three Police Force chartered aircraft slowly descended and taxied onto the apron in an orderly fashion.
Click, click, click!
As the cameras in the media's hands flashed incessantly, Sir Kwan, the Police Force Number One, led two Police Force Deputy Commissioners and several members of the Police Force core management down the aircraft stairs one after another.
After more than half a month, the Police Force delegation to the Mainland and everyone who had headed to the Golden Triangle to take part in the Four-Country, Five-Region Joint Operations had all returned to Hong Kong Island safely and smoothly.
After Zhou Quan arrived in Mainland China’s capital with his men, he immediately attended the victory press conference held by the Mainland's policing authorities.
He then swiftly took over the work of the Police delegation.
Once he had put everything in order, he set off back to Hong Kong Island with his men.
Fang Xinwu and Ching Tung, along with the other undercover officers, were also among those accompanying him.
Just as Zhou Quan and the other senior Police Force officers appeared, a group of prominent figures beside the official cars near the apron came forward to greet them.
Luo Danian, the Police Force's Acting Commissioner and current National Security DCP, was among them.
Yet among those who had come to meet them, Luo Danian ranked only third.
Standing ahead of Luo Danian were the Hong Kong Government’s chief steward and the official in charge of the Disciplined Services.
They were the Hong Kong Government Chief Secretary for Administration and Secretary for Security Lok Ming-wah.
Had this merely been the Police delegation returning to Hong Kong Island, these two prominent figures would never have appeared.
Even with the Police Force Number One personally leading the delegation,