Headlines online: Nov 29, 2010
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?
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 reported that Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd is expected to be named operator of RM36 billion mass rapid transit project in the Klang Valley.
Star led with a report that Selangor exco Ronnie Liu is out of the state DAP line-up, after he failed to get elected to the 15-member central committee.
Malay newspapers
Utusan Malaysia led with the additional RM120 that employers have to pay as premium for health insurance for their foreign workers from next year.
Berita Harian highlighted the criticism of PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's speech at the PKR congress over the weekend.
She has called for the notion of ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) to be tossed out, and had described her husband and de facto party leader Anwar Ibrahim as “a great man bestowed on us by God”.
Sinar Harian led with a similar report, calling on Wan Azizah to apologise to the Malay Rulers over her statement on doing away with Malay supremacy.
Editorial
New Straits Times commended the performance of Malaysian athletes at the just-concluded Asian Games, for the nine gold, 18 silver and 14 bronze medals that they won.
Berita Harian commented that PKR leaders are willing to do anything including to gadai maruah (to sell out their principles) to ensure the party's survival.
Utusan Malaysia wants the people to take advantage of the Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism exposition, from Nov 26 to Dec 5.

