{"id":17171,"date":"2015-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/06\/08\/opposition-parties-get-set-for-contest\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:56:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:56:52","slug":"opposition-parties-get-set-for-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/06\/08\/opposition-parties-get-set-for-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition parties get set for contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>The Straits Times reports that o<span style=\"color: black;\">pposition parties are traditionally even more coy\u00a0than the\u00a0<\/span>PAP<span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0about their new faces, but clues have emerged from walkabouts and new members appointed as office holders\u00a0in Singapore\u200b. 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