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

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English newspapers

Both New Straits Times and The Star front-paged the second phase of the Economic Transformation Programme announced by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday. He announced 19 additional development projects worth RM67 billion, to be spearheaded by the private sector.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian reported an interview with the Puspakom chief executive officer Hisham Othman, who announced it would now be mandatory for motorcyclists intending to sell their machines to send them to for Puspakom checks.

Utusan Malaysia also front-paged Najib's ETP announcement. The second item on the daily's front page reported the intention of Ummi Hafilda Ali, the sister of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, to sue PKR leaders Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, DAP chairperson Karpal Singh as well as PAS for RM700 million.

Sinar Harian reported PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim challenging Najib to an open debate on the economy and the Pakatan Rakyat's 100-day reformasi plan.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News, Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau also headlined Najib's announcement on the ETP's 19 Entry Point Projects costing RM67 billion, which are anticipated to bring in a gross national income of RM36 billion and create 35,000 jobs.
 
China Press front-paged the molesting of an eight-year-old girl and about a group of boys sodomised by a worker of an orphanage in Penang.

Editorial

New Straits Times called on Malaysians to move away from the mindset of hiring foreign workers so that they could be exploited.

Berita Harian opined that Pakatan's 100-day plan, as unveiled at its convention recently, will bankrupt the country.

Nanyang Siang Pau spoke against the ministry of domestic trade and consumer affairs decision to allow restaurant associations to buy sugar, flour and cooking oil at wholesale prices, saying this would bring chaos to the market.

China Press welcomed the setting up of the Malaysian Chinese Education Council, but said that its role should not overlap that of existing Chinese education organisations.
 
Sin Chew Daily pointed out that Chinese educational reform should begin with reducing the sizes of classes and schools.