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

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and Star highlighted Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz's statement that the curriculum for BTN courses will be revamped to reflect Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's concept of 1Malaysia.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia led with calls by religious leaders and political analysts for Kelantan MB Nik Aziz Nik Mat to step down following his recent debacle over the prayer to malign PM Najib and Umno should Kelantan not be given oil royalty.

Berita Harian focused on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's recent arrest of seven government officials and contractors in Sarawak over allegedly fraudulent claims in federal funding for development projects.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan led with a call by Indian-based NGOs for the government to increase the number of subjects for SPM from 10 currently, to allow Indian students to sit both the Tamil language and Tamil literature papers.

Malaysia Nanban carried a report on MIC's education arm MIED postponing its annual meeting due to a mistake by the company secretary in not giving sufficient notice to members.

Makkal Osai also had the story on MIED postponing its annual meeting.

Chinese newspapers

China Press led with the news that an Indian-Muslim restaurant in Johor Bahru, which was undergoing renovations, was fire-bombed. The police however ruled out the possibility of terrorist attack and suspected business rivalry.

Oriental Daily News reported that foreign workers were leaving Dubai following the national debt crisis there.

Sin Chew Daily has given prominence to a statement by MCA president Ong Tee Keat that there were quarters in the party who wanted to overthrow him at all cost.

Nanyang Siang Pau carried a lead story on the protest undertaken by youth leaders of Penang BN where the poster of Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was stomped upon and torched by the angry protesters.

Editorial

New Straits Times stressed that the Commonwealth is still a relevant relic of the former British Empire, as it provides a framework for members to cooperate globally, giving the effort to tackle issues relating to climate change recently agreed upon by the grouping as an example.

Utusan Malaysia chastised the DAP leadership over the ‘frog stepping' incident as being a bad example for its members.

Berita Harian urged the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board to step up monitoring of taxi drivers in order to help foster professionalism and better quality of Malaysia's taxi service.

Makkal Osai commented that a good and reliable public transport system is much needed in the country.

Malaysia Nanban gave a pat on the back to all the Tamil school students who did well in the recent UPSR exams.

Tamil Nesan said the Selangor government is wrong in banning its students and civil servants from taking part in the federal government-run BTN programmes. Instead, the daily said, the state government should have pointed out the inadequacies and recommended changes.

China Press urged taxi drivers to issue receipts to passengers to minimise overcharging and to give a good impression to tourists.

Sin Chew Daily urged the government to do a registration exercise to verify the actual casualties during the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) insurgency.

Nanyang Siang Pau urged the MCA to solve its infighting as soon as possible, failing which the party will only become irrelevant to the BN and the Chinese community.