Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

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English newspapers

Star led with the delay of the swearing-in of the new Perak Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, as the regent wants a written assurance from other parties.

Star also highlighted comments from Umno supreme council member Nazri Abdul Aziz and Umno Youth chief Hishamuddin Hussein that DAP’s decision to abolish the NEP will put Malaysians in jeopardy.

New Straits Times front-paged the ongoing crisis between the three parties -PAS, DAP and PKR to form the new state government in Perak.

The daily also speculate that four ex-deputy ministers from Umno are set to move up as ministers.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian front-paged the delay of the swearing-in of the new Perak menteri besar when PKR expressed their objection that eight of the 10 exco posts will go to DAP.

Utusan Malaysia led with DAP insulting the Malay royal institution by rejecting the appointment of a PAS menteri besar in Perak.

Both newspapers also highlighted that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has received the nomination for ministerial posts from BN component parties

Editorials

New Straits Times said foreign investors are more concerned about the fears of a recession in the US and the roiling global markets, rather than the change of government and the economic life in Penang and Selangor.

Berita Harian said the new SPM leavers should plan ahead their higher education and choose the right undergraduate courses, not the reputation of the institution.