June 16: Headlines online
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers? Find out here.
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers? Find out here.
English newspapers
New Straits Times frontpaged with a picture of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak at the Tun Razak Legacy Towards Nation Development Seminar in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Razak's legacy is inherited by the Deputy Prime Minister as Razak's biological son and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as his political son.
Star headlined with the new rehabilitation programme for addicts of synthetic drugs which was believed to be more effective.
Malay newspaper
Utusan Malaysia reported that Universiti Malaya's acting chair Dr Zulkefli A Hassan said the board had decided at a meeting yesterday to ask the university's administration to write to the Securities Commission about shifting the UM main campus in Petaling Jaya to Sepang on historical grounds. The university's board of directors said Universiti Malaya is a national heritage which must not be sacrificed for business purposes.
The daily also reported that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his wife Jeanne Abdullah were greeted by 5,000 people in the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency after Friday prayers yesterday in Masjid Al-Jamiul Badawi.
Chinese newspaper
Oriental Daily News stated that Chinese made the fewest complaints about the government at the Public Complaint Bureau of the Prime Minister's Office because they were able to resolve many of their problems on their own.
Tamil newspaper
Makkal Osai frontpaged a report that Kuala Lumpur City Council has agreed to build low-cost houses at RM35,000 each to accomodate the requests from Bukit Jalil Estate workers.
It also quoted Najib, Tun Razak's eldest son, as saying that his father was a leader with a mission and vision.
Editorials
New Straits Times discusses the importance of co-operation among OIC members in health issues.
Utusan Malaysia pointed to the huge differences in the lives of people in rural areas today when compared to 30 years ago.
Oriental Daily News discussed the lack of complaints received from the Chinese community by the Public Complaint Bureau in the Prime Minister's Office.
Others
The Borneo Post highlighted the drop-out rate among schoolchildren, which remained high in the country.
Daily Express reported the positive response from Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Raymond Tan towards Firefly's intention to extend its operations to Sabah.
Bernama headlined with the OIC Health Ministerial Conference 2007 commitment to eliminate polio in member countries.

