{"id":18135,"date":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2019\/11\/07\/book-launch-hard-at-work-life-in-singapore-1-nov-2019\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:57:37","slug":"book-launch-hard-at-work-life-in-singapore-1-nov-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2019\/11\/07\/book-launch-hard-at-work-life-in-singapore-1-nov-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch &#8211; Hard at Work: Life in Singapore (1 Nov 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Book Launch of <em>Hard at Work: Life in Singapore<\/em> (NUS Press, 2019), edited by Associate Professor Gerard Sasges (NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies) and Ms Ng Shi Wen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fas.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5554\" height=\"3703\" \/> 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