Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

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English newspapers

News Straits Times headlined the investigation on three trainee commercial pilots' alleged complicity in the death of a co-trainee in a plane crash in Terengganu last August.

TheSun led with Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak urging learning institutions introduce a course on Social Contract so that the younger generation can better understand the nation's history.

Star reported that the northern states have been hit by bad weather causing landslides, rough seas and floods. Conditions are expected to persist for a few more days.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Melayu also started with the Perak sultan's recommendation for a Social Contract course in universities.

Berita Harian outlined the government’s intention to end the employment of 1.2 million foreign workers by 2010.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News reported Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Abdul Samad as saying that, despite the fuel price drop, traders are hesitating to lower their prices.

Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau both frontpaged Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai telling local biscuit-makers to send their products for safety checks on their own accord.

China Press highlighted various female leaders from political parties and NGOs criticising former MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik - for saying male adultery is acceptable if there is discretion.

Editorial

News Straits Times thinks its due time for the government to resolve the statelessness of 50,000 locals of Indian ethinicity.

Utusan Melayu says the people and the government should be ready for natural disasters in light of the series of floods and landslides that has hit hard most of the country’s northern states.

Berita Harian feels that the government must seek a mechanism to limit the numbers of commercial vessels passing through the Straits of Malacca.

China Press called politicians to be cautious in their speeches and not to repeat Liong Sik's controversial comment.

Oriental Daily News urged consumers to reject traders refusing to lower prices.

Nanyang Siang Pau called on the prime minister to speed up judicial reforms and restore public confidence.

Sin Chew Daily commented that the assault by Taiwan legislators on a visiting official of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, will have a negative impact on relationships between mainland China and Taiwan.