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 reported that operators of 500,000 food outlets have pledged not to raise prices following the cut in the sugar subsidy, and that they will absorb the additional costs.

New Straits Times

said 140 educators met for a roundtable discussion yesterday to deliberate the proposed scrapping of the UPSR and PMR examinations.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia also highlighted the food operators’ pledge.

Berita Harian led with news that 25 people were cheated of thousands of ringgit by a person they met online, who claimed that he needed to pay customs tax at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Sinar Harian reported that the Institut Kemahiran Yayasan Selangor (IKYS) in Sabak Bernam is not closed but is undergoing restructuring.

Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim also said that the 200 students transferred from IKYS to Inspens International College would be able to enjoy better facilities.

Chinese newspapers

Both Nanyang Siang Pau and Oriental Daily News front-paged the ‘no price hike’ pledge by food outlet operators.

Sin Chew Daily highlighted the exchange between Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and federal appointed state development officer Nik Ali Nik Yunus over two controversial projects in the state - the arches at Botanical Gardens and alleged sand mining in Balik Pulau.

 

Lim criticised Nik Ali as a “number one useless civil servant” for failure to explain these projects, while the latter countered by calling Lim “rude”.

China Press reported that Batu Pahat police have revealed that the drugs sellers are now providing samples for viewing to ‘promote’ their products.

Editorial

New Straits Times said the ban of full-face veils in France signals the death of European traditions of liberty, equality and fraternity, and runs counter to fundamental rights to freedom of expression and religion.

Utusan Malaysia opined that the move to shift 200 IKYS students to Inspens for alleged restructuring is either politically-motivated or shows that the Selangor government has difficulty managing its finances.  

Berita Harian felt that PAS should not let differences in political ideology stop it from sitting down with Umno to discuss issues pertaining to Malay and Muslim unity.  

Sin Chew Daily said Malaysians should participate in China’s development actively, as both countries have many similarities.

 

Nanyang Siang Pau urged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to restructure the bureaucracy as it has become the stumbling block to reform.