People attend an election campaign rally by the opposition Workers' Party in Singapore September 6, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Workers' Party of Singapore was once written off as too left wing for a country that had built its success on unabashed capitalism: to many, even its symbol of a bright yellow hammer on a red background looked just a sickle short of communism.
But now, as this wealthy city-state heads into an election on Friday, the "WP" could be about to give the People's Action Party (PAP) its stiffest competition yet in 50 years of uninterrupted and virtually unchallenged rule.
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