The Hong Kong Government's Executive Council was not its highest decision-making body.
But it played an absolutely crucial role in determining Hong Kong Island's direction.
Its members were personally invited and appointed by the Hong Kong Government’s top official, and its convener was the Big Boss’s most trusted confidant.
The Executive Council had more than thirty members, including some of the Hong Kong Government's incumbent politically accountable officials, commonly known as official members.
The rest were unofficial members.
They held no posts within the Hong Kong Government, but neither were they Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council.
There might have been plenty of ambitious schemers colluding with the foreigners at various levels of the Hong Kong Government, but that possibility could almost be ruled out for every member of the Executive Council.
The current Hong Kong Government’s top official, Mr. Dong, was a heavyweight who had steadily steered Hong Kong Island through its complete return and successfully secured a second term.
His abilities could not be called flawless, but his judgment of people was certainly accurate enough.
Every member of the Executive Council was a patriot with firm convictions and loyalties.
As Deputy Commissioner of the Security Bureau, Lok Ming-wah barely qualified for a place among them.
After all, even Wong Bing Yiu, the current Police Force Number One, and Zhou Quan, who was highly valued by both Mr. Dong and the authorities above the Hong Kong Government, were not qualified to attend this meeting.
Let alone ambitious schemers with murky ties to the foreigners, such as Lydia, Ma Cheuk-yin, and Gilbert Lee!
Lok Ming-wah's intention to raise this matter at the Executive Council undoubtedly signified one thing.
Those with steadfast loyalties, centered around Mr. Dong, were preparing to discuss behind closed doors how to target the foreigners' remaining forces.