The briefing was conducted by Assistant Commissioner (Operations) Henrique Koo, C PTU Bill Suen, and DC PTU Mike Cartwright. The briefing was aimed at promoting interaction among the key frontline managerial and supervisory officers in different departments to arouse their awareness of the inter-departmental coordination necessary for the smooth running of their operations.

The topics covered at the briefing included:

* Protest reasons and trends;

* Threat Assessment for HKMC;

* Policing Strategy and preparations;

* Security arrangements in connection with the Closed Area;

* Multi-agency Approach;

* Inter-departmental operational protocols, and

* Discussion forum

More than 200 staff members from 25 government departments attended the two-hour session, which was well received, with the participants showing a keen interest in the discussion forum.

Assistant Commissioner (Operations) Henrique Koo at the inter-departmental briefing on HKMC