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 a doctor clinging on for dear life after a plane crash in Sarawak left it precariously perched on a tree. The pilot was killed and the doctor eventually rescued.

New Straits Times front paged the alarming number of road fatalities despite safety awareness campaigns. 6,700 deaths were recorded in 2009, the highest figure in five years.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian led with the Election Commission's plan to implement a new system that allows for early casting of votes and a two-day cooling off period before polls proper.

Utusan Malaysia headlined the results of a four-day investigation by the paper into express bus drivers working the late shift which found them to be flouting rules and regulations.

Sin Chew Daily led with deputy education minister Wee Ka Siong conceding that some still considered his ministry as Malay-based and thus unable to tackle Chinese education problems.

Nanyang Siang Pau frontpaged that the Chinese community donates RM300 million per year to Chinese private secondfary schools.

Oriental Daily News headlined that a large number of people, including foreign labour, have migrated from countryside to metropolis since 1992.

Editorial

New Straits Times commented on the smooth succession of the Johor throne following the death of the Sultan. Sultan Ibrahim was proclaimed the new ruler just hours after his father's demise.

Utusan Malaysia said that sensitive issues which touches on religion and race be handled firmly and swiftly.

Berita Harian said Malaysians are taking a lackadaisical attitude towards the dengue threat which has claimed numerous lives.

Nanyang Siang Pau urged the government to formulate a comprehensive policy to prevent land fraud cases.