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

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English newspapers

The Star highlighted Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s visit to Sarawak and promise of RM3.4b in allocations for infrastructure projects, to achieve a reach of 95 percent for electricity supply and 90 percent for treated water by 2012.

New Straits Times

highlighted Najib's statement that the country’s economic performance for the last quarter of 2009 was beyond expectations and signalled that Malaysia has recovered from the global recession. The economy contracted by 1.2 percent as compared to a contraction of 3.9 percent in the second quarter of last year.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian front-paged Cuepacs’ concern over the long-term effects from the dominance of women in the public sector.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan

led with sessions court judge Aslam Zainuddin, the judge in the A Kugan inquest, visiting the Taipan USJ police station in Subang.

Makkal Osai

led with former MIC treasurer M Mahalingam stating his unhappiness over Prime Minister Najib Razak's plans to amend BN constitution to allow open membership within the coalition, as MIC may not be able to garner support from the Indian community.

Malaysia Nanban headlined MIC vice president, Dr S Subramaniam's silence to respond on the possibility of him taking over as party president.

Chinese  newspapers

Oriental Daily News frontpaged Pakatan setting up a disciplinary committee.

China Press

and Sin Chew Daily headlined the birth of Teoh Beng Hock's son yesterday and National Registration Department's agreement to name Teoh as the father.

Nanyang Siang Pau

frontpaged Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni's announcement that the government has approved the very first five China cooperations to initiate IPOs in Malaysia.

Editorial

New Straits Times expressed pessimism that there will be justice in the recent assasination of Mahmud al-Mabhuh in Dubai as Israel continues to carry out targeted killings while US and Europe turns a blind eye.

Utusan Malaysia applauded the Human Resource Ministry’s proposal of having new employers and maids to first attend a half-day course but adviced caution in deciding on the funding for the programme.

Berita Harian applauded Universiti Sains Malaysia’s (USM) cooperation with the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical University in India and encouraged such cooperation by other public universities.

Tamil Nesan wants Barisan Nasional to study proposals for the coalition's open membership plan before implementing them.

Makkal Osa i wrote that the dream to own a house would remain a only a dream everytime a housing project gets abandoned.

Malaysia Nanban said cooperative societies are pillars used to develop the society.

Sin Chew Daily stated that recent drought has highlighted the necessity for government to take another look at its water resources management policy.

China Press

agreed with Human Resources Ministry's efforts to compile a foreign maid employer guide.