By 6:13, all the personnel Zhou Quan had requested for the operation had arrived at the Tai Kwun car park, ready to drive to North Point Police Station.
The Criminal Operations Division was the sword in Zhou Quan's hand, and he held the men in this department to high standards.
Except when a special assembly time was specified, deploying within ten minutes of receiving an order was the most basic requirement.
Once everyone had boarded, Sir Kwan's signature Off-road Vehicle took the lead, followed by the Criminal Operations Division's Stealth Armoured Vehicles and the Riot Vans mobilised at short notice.
A long convoy drove out of the Tai Kwun car park and turned straight onto Gloucester Road.
Meanwhile, at Mobile Unit Headquarters in Fanling, an elite Flying Tigers Action Group also took off in a Helicopter.
As a National Security Committee Member and the head of the Police Force's National Security Department.
Sir Kwan now wielded an astonishing amount of authority. He was one of only three core senior officers in the Police Force who could deploy the Flying Tigers directly.
Previously, Zhou Quan had needed to submit a report to the Deputy Commissioner of Police before deploying the Flying Tigers.
Now, however, a single order from him was enough.
The drive from Police Force Headquarters to North Point Police Station took a little over ten minutes.
Fanling in the New Territories was a long way from North Point, requiring a crossing of Victoria Harbour.
But the Flying Tigers were travelling directly by Helicopter, which was clearly much faster than a car.
At 6:30, both sides met on schedule at North Point Police Station, the Eastern District headquarters under Hong Kong Island Regional Headquarters.
By then, the Mobile Unit's E Company had already strung blue-and-white police cordons around North Point