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“Do you want faster growth or do you want fewer foreign workers? Do you want more hard work or more leisure? Do you want more competitive schools and good results and good futures, or more relaxed schools and fall behind? How can we find that balance in between?” the Prime Minister asked. Whatever the hurdles, he emphasised... 

虽然观察家的分析，工人党获胜的部分原因是由于选民不必担心PAP失去执政党的地位。然而李丽连的得票率，从2011年的41.01%猛增到53.8%，击败许宝琨的43.1%。不到2年内就溶化掉了11%的支持率，PAP在榜鹅东的补选可说是以溃败收场。 工人党秘书长刘程强说，工人党完全没有预料到能在榜鹅东单选区补选中得到这么好的成绩。其实，真正来说，他也没料到李丽连包赢。不然的话，刘程强也不会傻到... 

For anyone unfamiliar with the situation on the ground at Punggol East, the results of the by-election is indeed surprising. The popular opinion at the start of the contest was it will be a close one but the PAP candidate is likely to win. Instead of this, we see a 11% swing away from the PAP candidate.  A hypothetical 11%...