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 front-paged Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's announcement that the controversy regarding Form Five Bahasa Malaysia literature textbook Interlok has been ‘resolved' with the several amendments put in place.

The Star published an exclusive report on companies being given dubious awards and then ‘forced' to pay up to RM30,000 as ‘sponsorship'.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian highlighted Muhyiddin's Interlok announcement.

Utusan Malaysia reported that the sex video purportedly showing a man resembling opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim having sexual intercourse has been handed over to the police.

Sinar Harian front-paged a report on Anwar's wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who said that she will not watch the video recording.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News frontpaged the failed negotiations between PKR and DAP over seat allocation in the coming Sarawak state election.

Nanyang Siang Pau led with a statement by the National Water Services Commission chief executive that water tariffs will be increased every three years to reduce the high percentage of non-revenue water.

Sin Chew Daily headlined Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong's statement that graduates from independent Chinese high schools with a distinction in Bahasa Melayu and a pass in English can apply to public teacher training colleges.

Editorial

New Straits Times said the six percent growth for the country this year as predicted by Bank Negara Malaysia is indicative of the effectiveness of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's New Economic Model.

Berita Harian said forming a royal commission of inquiry to investigate the authenticity of the sex video showing a man resembling opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim having sexual intercourse is pointless, since there will be ‘some parties who will refuse to accept the decision of the RCI, regardless'.

Nanyang Siang Pau commented that MCA and Gerakan leaders should not be too worked up over the statements by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz but view it in a positive way.

Sin Chew Daily opposes the government's decision to ban the import of genuine used motor vehicle spare parts, pointing out that this will make a huge impact on the local automobile industry.