albert ho was re-elected chairman with 93% confident votes. emily lau and sin chung-kai were elected with 228 and 205 votes respectively, while andrew cheng got 132 votes. cheng expected his loss to the mainstreamers, admitting his political ideas not being accepted by the majority was the cause of the failure. 10 of the 27 central committee members were newcomers, 4 of them were former members of the frontier. only yam kai-bong in the reformist faction was elected, michael yung ming-chau and kwan wing-yip were both defeated.