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

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English newspapers

The New Straits Times continued its coverage on the tragic landslide in Hulu Langat that killed 16 people, most of them children living at the Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage.

This time, the focus was on good news - of a mother’s joy on finding her son, a resident of the orphanage, after searching 11 years for him.

Star ran an exclusive on its front page of a ‘prison’ ship anchored at the deep end of Northport in Klang, where 15 sailors have apparently been living a spartan existence for the past year with no escape in sight.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia front-paged concerns over late marriages, especially among highly-educated Malaysian women, as a potential cause of a breakdown in the family institution.

Berita Harian pushed the feel-good factor of a mother’s reunion with her son who lived at the ill-fated Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage.

Sinar Harian took a different perspective, focusing on the wish of the landslide survivors to stay together.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily,Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press all led with the announcement of 11 measures to curb ‘rubbish pork’ issues, including the revoking of licences and the issuance of health certificate to pig farmers.

It was also revealed that one one out of every four pigs sold in the market had been slaughtered  illegally.

China Press carried a second lead report - a Meterological Department warning that Malaysia is not free of earthquakes. Sabah and Sarawak are prone to earthquakes up to a magnitude of 6 points on the Richter Scale, while Bukit Tinggi in northern Pahang could experience earthquakes below 5 points.

Editorial

The New Straits Times put the spotlight on last Saturday’s landslide tragedy, stressing that welfare institutions cannot be allowed to operate illegally no matter how well meaning this is, if society wants to avoid needless deaths.

Sin Chew Daily also commented the landslide which claimed 16 lives, saying this shows that the government's guidelines and regulations on slope management have yet to be implemented properly.

Nanyang Siang Pau examined the price hikes nationwide, urging the government to make full use of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act alongside the reduction of subsidies.

China Press urged the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry to put things right in the pig farming sector.