李永達
The event had profound effects on factionalism within the Democratic Party. It raised the banner of the Young Turks both within the party and in the media. The party leaders, so called the "Mainstreamers", including the "triumvirate", Yeung Sum, Cheung Man-kwong and Lee Wing-tat who did not sense there was a coup until the last days, were alarmed. In the debate on the Minimum Wage legislation in the following year, the Mainstreamers were much organised and defeated the Young Turks' motion. The intensifying factional rivalries also hurt the party's image in the public.