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

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English newspapers

New Straits Times reported on the Welfare Department's proposal to set a one-stop intervention centre for some 1,200 homeless people in Kuala Lumpur.

Star led with the directive to civil servants to report politicians who seek favours from the government in terms of contracts.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia highlighted fines exceeding RM250,000 to be imposed on restaurant operaters and kopitiam (cafes) which deceive customers by displaying the halal logo which are not authorised.

Berita Harian

led with the Immigration Department’s efforts to rescue some 68 Indonesian maids who had been confined in a building used by an employment agency for the last two years in Perlis.

Sinar Harian

front-paged PAS commissioner Hasan Mohamed Ali's advice for the party to be strengthened to avoid defeat to the BN in the next general election.

Chinese newspapers

China Press reported on the grievances of a grandmother who has been forced to care for three grandchildren on a mere RM30 ringgit a month. Their mother had abandoned them to evade settling her gambling debts.

Sin Chew Daily

led with Dong Zong’s plan to revive several Chinese independent high schools in Selangor, Pahang and Johor.

Nanyang Siang Pau

headlined that the local timber industry has been stagnant for the last three years, due to the economic downturn in the US and Europe.

Oriental Daily News

reported MCA president Chua Soi Lek’s view of the party’s role in public policy - that it will be outspoken and actively expose malpractice.    

Editorial

New Straits Times discussed North Korea's threat to launch a “sacred war” following the joint US-South Korean naval exercise in the Sea of Japan.

Utusan Malaysia talked about its role in assisting the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry in combating social ills in tertiary institutions by inspiring a campaign in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Berita Harian urged increased efforts to eradicate the breeding grounds of the Aedes mosquito, as more people die of dengue haemorrhagic fever.

Nanyang Siang Pau

said the government should step up its efforts to attract FDI.

Sin Chew Daily called on the education minister to review the directive that discourages the creation of non-Islam religious societies in schools.

China Press called on the government to enhance the welfare policy in relation to the needs of the elderly.