Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda in the English, Bahasa, Chinese and Tamil dailies? Find out here.

Headlines

English newspapers

New Straits Times frontpaged with the alert generated by the recent discovery of bird flu outbreak in Sungai Buloh and the hospitalisation of eight people and confinement of 17 others.

Star reported the changes to the National Service physical training module made in response to several past accidents.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Maalysia reported that five persons had been admitted to hospital following the bird flu outbreak in Sungai Buloh.

The daily also reported that the government has agreed to give higher loans for Felda replanters between RM50 to RM150 a month.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily headlined the potential replacement of 1/3 of MCA's members of Parliament in the upcoming election.

Tamil newspapers

Makkal Osai frontpaged a report on the Indian Government's request to Malaysia to look after Indian nationals well when they are in the country for employment. It also reported that five people were hospitalised following the bird flu outbreak in Sungai Buloh

Editorial

New Straits Times discussed the various issues raised during the 21st Asia Pacific Roundtable.

Oriental Daily discussed the stability of the KLSE amid the various accounting fraud scandals.

Utusan Malaysia had an editorial on the struggles of small provision shops after huge supermarkets entered the country.

Others

Bernama reported the arrest and detention of a "self-radicalised" Singaporean by Singapore's Internal Security Department.

The Borneo Post reported the grievances that fishermen had against the distance of fuel kiosks from their villages, which resulted in their not benefiting from diesel subsidy.

The Daily Express quoted former DCM Chong Kah Kiat as saying that he has "nothing to discuss" when asked whether there was a need to meet CM Musa Aman on the Mazu statue.