香港記者協會
In December 1988, the Drafting Committee adopted the mainstream model in the draft dealt a near fatal blow to the democratic aspirations of the liberal activists. The pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong held a month-long hunger strike protesting the passage of the mainstream model. The Hong Kong Journalists Association demanded Cha resign from the BLDC in order to avoid a conflict of interest. Local undergraduates publicly burned Cha's "Ming Pao" outside its editorial premises.