Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

Front Page

English newspapers

The Star led with floods in the east coast states. It also front paged a mother-daughter joy after the latter received her citizenship.

New Straits Times headlined Najib's reason for imposing GST: to overcome any drop in tax revenue resulting from declining oil reserves.

The daily also highlighted the legal tussle between a brother and son of a former deputy inspector-general of police over monies and properties.

The Sun frontpaged the reduced jail sentence for housewife Yim Pek Ha from 18 to 12 years for abusing her Indonesian maid. The daily also headlined the Health ministry's alerting the public on the possibility of a second wave of Influenza A(H1N1)

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia led with the government's consistent efforts to review water and electricity tariff.

The daily also headlined the former private secretary of Anwar Ibrahim, Anuar Shaari ‘s call on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to reveal the status of investigations on a few individuals including PKR vice-president Azmin Ali.

Berita Harian highlighted the news of higher dividends for the Employees Provident Fund.

Chinese newspapers

China Press frontpaged DAP's Sungai Pinang adun Koid Teng Guan being criticised by opposition parties for sending out an SMS urging Penang people to "sent Gerakan and MCA to hell".

Oriental Daily News headlined the mulling over reducing the electricity and water rate, to help lower the cost of doing business.

Nanyang Siang Pau led with news on the collapse of the JPJ central computer system which caused a nationwide interruption to its services yesterday.

Sin Chew Daily 's page one lead was Dong Zong president Ong Chiow Chuen call on the Government to relax the ten subject restriction for SPM to 10+1, so that students can take their mother language paper.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan led with MIC president S Samy Vellu urging Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to interfere to include Tamil language and Tamil literature subjects in the SPM examinations.

Malaysia Nanban , in its front page, carried a response by Makkal Sakhi party president RS Thanenthiran against criticisms levelled against him by his deputy A Vathemurthy.

In Makkal Osai , Thanenthiran claimed that the outburst by Vathemurthy yesterday was part of a plot by some to destroy the fledgling party.

Editorial

New Straits Times touched on Obama's military policies.

Berita Harian urged educators and parents to support the "teachers' standard document" that was launched by the government as the guideline for schools.

Sin Chew Daily is against the government's decision to list Bukit Antarabangsa landslide report as official secret.

China Press praised the Home Ministry's effort to settle all citizenship applications within two months.

Tamil Nesan urged the government to listen to the calls made by the Indian community for the inclusion of Tamil language and Tamil literature subjects at SPM level.

Malaysia Nanban urged small traders whose loan applications had been rejected to raise the issue with the public complaints bureau.