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

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English newspapers

Star headlined that breaches of safety precautions may have caused the deaths of a teacher and five students when their dragon boat capsized during a training exercise in Penang last Sunday.

New Straits Times highlighted the launch of the MyID initiative by deputy prime minister Muhiyiddin Yassin whch allows Malaysians to use their MyKad number for transactions with all government agencies.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian headlined news of Bank Negara's new guidelines which allows for the reclassification of overdraft and non-performing loan facilities to be reduced from six months to three months.

Utusan Malaysia reported the launch of the MyID system which uses Mykad numbers for all government-related transactions so as to improve the efficiency of the civil service sector.

Chinese newspapers

China Press, Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau frontpaged the recovery of the bodies of five students and a teacher in the dragon boat mishap in Penang.

Oriental Daily News frontpaged that 28% or 4.39 million eligible voters in Malaysia have not register themselves.

Editorial

New Straits Times praised the strong bilateral ties between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

Berita Harian lamented that the Selangor Poverty Alleviation Scheme had not benefitted the poor due to political wrangling.

Utusan Malaysia opined that the government should reassess the cost of its 'Tak Nak' campaign which has failed to reduce the number of smokers in the country.

China Press urged the education ministry to step up safety measures for extracurricular activities in schools.

Sin Chew Daily called for an investigation into the dragon boat tragedy where there seem to have been breaches of various safety regulations by the school authority.