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

New Straits Times highlighted comments praising the Bills to set up the Malaysian Commission on Anti-Corruption (MCAC) and Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC).

Star reported that Tenaga Nasional Bhd will have to pay RM500 million to independent power producers for excess power that it does not currently require.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia reported the Public Service Department’s announcement that the leave entitlement for new civil servants will be reduced by five days.

Berita Harian headlined the government’s plan to tighten regulations in relation to projects on hill slopes and hill tops to avert more disasters.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News led with a report that 62 former employees of Dong Zong have condemned the movement's leadership for inept management.

Sin Chew Daily

headlined a statement by deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak that the government will reconsider the immunity accorded to local councils in relation to project development.

Nanyang Siang Pau reported the Anti-Corruption Agency's pledge to catch the ‘big fish' to prove its determination in curbing graft.

China Press headlined the case of a 16-year-old girl in Kuala Terengganu, who has been charged with attempted suicide.

Tamil newspapers

Malaysia Nanban and Tamil Nesan front-paged news of a Tamil Tiger attack that left 90 soldiers killed and 180 injured in Sri Lanka.

Makkal Osai

reported that PPP will not budge on its stand calling for substantive amendments to the Internal Security Act, and that the party will decide in time whether or not to leave the Barisan Nasional.

Editorial

New Straits Times urged parliamentarians to maintain decorum when debating the Bills on the JAC and MCAC.

Berita Harian urged all parties not to make emotionally-charged statements when tragedies occur.

China Press reminded the government to educate the young generation against corruption through the school curriculum.

Nanyang Siang Pau

praised the MCAC Bill as a milestone in fighting corruption.

Sin Chew Daily commented that the JAC and MCAC Bills are just a starting point and that much remains to be done before the judicial system can claim to be fair or the government can claim to be clean.

Malaysia Nanban said the two Bills indicate the far-sightedness of the nation's leaders.

Makkal Osai urged the public to place its faith in the enforcement of the two Bills, saying they will see positive changes in time.

Tamil Nesan stated that the tabling of the Bills indicates that the administration is giving priority to reforms.