Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee (C) gives thumbs up inside a tram along with party members (L to R) Lai Chi-keong, Yeung Sum, Kam Nai-wai and Cheng Lai-king during a campaign for the upcoming Legislative Council elections August 15, 2000. The Democratic Party could lose 22 per cent of its support in a worst-case scenario in September's Legco polls compared with the 1998 election, according to internal party assessments and public opinion surveys in March.

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