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

Front Page

English newspapers

News Straits Times and The Star both led with news of the groundbreaking pact which finally saw Malaysia and Singapore agreeing to the relocation of the Tanjong Pagar rail station to Woodlands.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian highlighted the new deal between Malaysia and Singapore over the long fought over relocation of the Tanjong Pagar rail station to Woodlands.

Chinese Newspapers

Sin Chew Daily , Oriental Daily and China Press frontpaged the Malaysia-Singapore joint development plan to relocate a railway station in Tanjung Pagar to Woodlands in Singapore.

Quoting a report in Aussie media The Age , Nanyang Siang Pau reported an Australian bank currency firm supplied prostitutes and pay bribes to 26 national banks including Bank Negara in Malaysia, in order to win the banknote printing contract.

Editorial

News Straits Times criticised the Bar Council for objecting to the proposal to extend court operating hours by beginning earlier at 8.30am.

Utusan Malaysia praised Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's recent bridge mending with Singapore, calling it a hope for more cordial relations with our neighbour while solving woes inherited from previous Prime Ministers.

Berita Harian lauded the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's proposal to develop government owned land, as a brilliant move that will raise the value of government assets.

Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau hailed the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's intention to open tender in government land deals.