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 headlined the news that Bank Negara will have a representative's office in Bejing to facilitate trade settlement in local currency.

This is one of the several memorandums of understanding and agreements signed between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Star too led with news of the bilateral agreements between China and Malaysia inked yesterday.

It also front-paged news that police will now issue traffic summonses with photographs of the vehicles violating traffic regulations.

The Sun focused on news that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission made 944 arrests last year, an improvement from the year before.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian, Sinar Harian and Utusan Malaysia all front-paged the report that businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, who with two others screened the sex video purportedly of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, will take an oath today to say that he is telling the truth about the video.

All three dailies contrast this to Anwar's statement yesterday in which the opposition leader was reluctant to commit himself to taking the sumpah laknat.

Editorial

New Straits Times pushed for the implementation of the goods and services tax as a means to widen the base for tax revenue.

Berita Harian urged the government to be fair and just when taking internal disciplinary action against civil servants accused of graft.

Utusan congratulated the MACC for having managed to nab more bribe-givers in 2010 compared to the year before, also urging the public not to be persuaded by claims that the anti-graft agency is dragging its feet against corruption.