Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times headlined the ban on the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar claimed that there is evidence that the movement is 'being used in a way that is detrimental to public order and national security'.

Star led with the government’s decision to re-examine and shelve big-ticket items of expenditure, including some in the economic corridors, in view of the global economic slsowdown.

Malay newspapers

Both Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian headlined the outlawing of Hindraf.

Tamil newspapers

All three Tamil newspapers, Malaysia Nanban, Tamil Nesan and Makkal Osai , gave prominent to the banning of Hindraf.

Editorial

New Straits Times called for the oil-price mechanism to be implemented as planned.

Utusan Malaysi

a said the introduction of History in the primary school curriculum is vital.

Berita Harian

urged the Football Association of Malaysia to put its foot down to curb corruption in the sport.

Malaysia Nanban expressed delight over the latest reduction in fuel prices, but was aghast that the price of consumer goods continues to rise.

Tamil Nesan praised premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s call to make History a compulsory subject in primary schools.