Hong Kong Island's complete administrative structure was commonly known as the Three Secretaries and Thirteen Bureaus.
However, the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region Government was still being established.
Naturally, the designation of Three Secretaries and Thirteen Bureaus had yet to be finalized.
Under the Foreigners' Governor's Office structure in place before yesterday, the Governor's Office had overseen three departments-the Chief Secretary's Office, the Finance Department, and the Department of Justice-with more specialized branches beneath them.
The three departments of the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region Government had now been confirmed. The Finance Department and the Department of Justice had retained their names through the transition, while the Chief Secretary's Office had been renamed the Administration Department.
But nothing had yet been decided about the future Security Bureau.
Thus, in organizational terms, the department overseeing all of Hong Kong Island's Disciplined Services, including the Police Force, was still merely the Administration Department's Security Branch, carried over from the Foreigners' Governor's Office.
Zhou Quan had not expected Lok Ming-wah to leave the Police Force's structure so early and enter the Security Branch ahead of time.
If this was Lok Ming-wah's strategic plan, then Sergeant Lok truly was rather unfathomable.
After all, apart from Zhou Quan, no one else in Hong Kong Island at present had that kind of foresight about the Security Bureau.
Probably even Mr. Dong was merely preparing to upgrade the Security Branch into the Security Bureau.
The Security Bureau and the Security Branch might appear to differ only in name.
In reality, however, there was a world of difference between them.
After all, an unspoken prerequisite for running for Chief Executive of Hong Kong Island's Special Administrative Region in the future was to become one of the three secretaries.
The head of the Administration Department, in particular,