Headlines online: Oct 18, 2010
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?
Front Page
English newspapers
New Straits Times
reports that Umno president Najib Abdul Razak's opening speech at the Umno general assembly on Thursday will stress on racial unity.Star reports that government officials will be provided with hybrid electric cars in order to set an example on the need for the public and private sectors to adopt green technology.
Malay newspapers
Utusan Malaysia front-paged a report on express buses that continue to flout the 90km/h speed limit.
Berita Harian highlights Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's recently announced MRT project and how it will link six areas within the Klang Valley.
Sinar Harian says Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim pulled out of the PKR polls to concentrate on ensuring Pakatan gets a two-thirds majority in the next general election.
Chinese newspapers
Oriental Daily News highlights attempts by triads to recruit schoolchildren in Puchong, Selangor, by masquerading as social clubs.
China Press highlights denials by 23 municipal councillors from Penang that they had solicited the services of a prostitute during a recent visit to Singapore.
Nanyang Siang Pau
reports that it is impossible to buy a house for less than RM220,000 in the central business districts of Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Editorial
Berita Harian comments on Najib's New Political Model, expected to be expounded at the Umno general assembly this week, and stresses that it will not dilute the party's spirit.
Utusan Malaysia
derides opposition criticism of Budget 2011 as jealousy.

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