HEARTLAND stores, which are struggling to stay afloat amidst competition from major supermarket and convenience store chains as well as franchised outlets, are getting a helping hand.

The retailers will be given lessons on better sales practices, how to spruce up their displays, and how to keep up with latest retail trends.

THE speeding trailer swerved, hit a van and a taxi and then ploughed into a lamp-post and trees at the centre divider of the Pan Island Expressway towards Changi Airport.

THE fight to be the premier air hub is tough and Singapore's aviation sector must capitalise on new opportunities and growth areas to stay ahead of rivals.

Calling on key players, including the newly-corporatised Changi Airport Group and Singapore Airlines to rise to the challenge, was Minster Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, one of the key architects of Singapore's aviation strategy and Changi airport's development.