Stop politicking - calls from the people to politicians dominate the headlines in the English and Bahasa dailies.

English Dailies

News Straits Times

led with the newspaper’s survey that ordinary Malaysians want the government to start working instead of wasting time politicking.

Star picked Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak’s comment that Prime Minister and Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did not express his intention of stepping down in 2010 despite reports of him telling Johor Umno that he will do so as its headline.

Sun headlined with the government’s expected move to implement the Food Security Policy in next Wednesday’s cabinet meeting in a move to pre-empt a food supply crisis.

Malay Dailies

Utusan Melayu went with Najib’s announcement that the government will announce its initiatives to lessen the price hike burden on the rakyat in three to four days.

Berita Harian too chose the people’s expectation that the government start administering the country instead of politicking.

Editorial

News Straits Times thinks it's time for the government to do something about the deteriorating standard of English in the country.

Utusan Melayu believes that traders who take advantage of the price hike on rice should be severely punished to prevent commercial exploitation on the global rice shortages.

Berita Harian feels that the government should re-double its effort to strengthen the agricultural sector to overcome the food crisis.