Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in Putrajaya on Saturday where he was welcomed by his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak.

Abbott was in Malaysia's administrative city, 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) south of the capital Kuala Lumpur, for a one-day visit following a visit to India.

The ongoing search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were high on the agenda during Abbott's visit.

Both leaders reiterated their commitment to continue the search until what was left of the missing aircraft is found.

They also discussed bilateral issues, including strengthening trade ties between the two countries and regional security.

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1. Wide exterior of Malaysian Prime Minister's Office

2. Various of honour guard at ceremony welcoming Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

3. Abbot and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arriving at ceremony

4. Wide of ceremony

5. Australian flag waving

6. Abbott inspecting honour guard

7. Media filming ceremony

8. Abbott and Najib shaking hands and posing for the camera

9. Abbott and Najib entering bilateral meeting

10. Wide of meeting

11. Abbott and Australian delegation at meeting

12. Abbott and Najib entering news conference

13. Abbott and Najib at podium

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister:

"We will not give up until we have found what's left of flight MH370."

15. Photographers at news conference

16. Abbott and Najib at podium

17. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister:

"Within a fortnight a new phase of the search will begin using the best available technology. And that search will continue until all that is humanly possible to be done has been done to scour the probable impact zone."

18. Abbott and Najib at podium

19. Abbott and Najib shaking hands and leaving news conference

The crash of the MH17 flight in eastern Ukraine was high on the agenda on Wednesday as the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met his Malaysian counterpart, Najib Razak, in Putrajaya.

Rutte, who is on a one-day official visit to Malaysia, led a Dutch delegation to bilateral meetings with their Malaysian counterparts.

Speaking at a joint news conference after the talks, Rutte said Dutch investigators have again gained access to the crash site and have recovered an unspecified number of human remains.

He added that Malaysia should be allowed to take part in the crash investigation operation.

The plane went down above a rebel-held area on July 17, killing all 298 passengers and crew, most of them Dutch.

To date, 284 victims have been identified.

Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur have strong economic ties, as Netherlands is the second largest Eurozone investor in Malaysia.

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Putrajaya, Malaysia - 5 November 2014

1. Malaysian Prime Minister's office with white marquees erected ahead of ceremony

2. Mid of photographers

3. Various of soldiers taking part in parade

4. Cutaway of photographers

5. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (left on screen) and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, watching parade

6. Rutte inspecting guard

7. Mid of Najib Razak and Rutte shaking hands

8. Najib Razak and Rutte arriving at bilateral meeting

9. Dutch delegation at meeting

10. Wide of meeting

11. Malaysian delegation at meeting

12. Rutte and Najib Razak walking onto stage

13. Cutaway of media

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister:

"Last week and yesterday conditions allowed a small team to visit the crash site, they found remains of victims which will be transferred to the Netherlands following the usual ceremonial protocol and we will continue to take every opportunity to go to the site."

15. Cutaway of conference

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister:

"In the view of the Netherlands as I would also state here today, it makes total sense for Malaysia to be a full part of the criminal investigation team."

17. Cutaway of conference

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Najib Razak, Malaysian Prime Minister.

"We have to ascertain what truly happened to the plane beyond any doubt whatsoever. We have knowledge, we have preliminary knowledge, but that knowledge has to be backed with solid forensic evidence."

19. Rutte and Najib Razak ending presser

SHOTLIST

29 April 2013

1. Wide of Petronas Twin Towers

22 April 2013

2. Pan right from street to shop

3. Close up sign written (Malay): TUKAR, Transformasi Kedai Runcit (TUKAR, Grocery Store Transformation)

4. Wide of Syahadad Husin looking at computer screen inside his shop

5. Close up of Husin

6. Goods on shelves in Husin's shop

7. Wide of Husin doing stock check

8. SOUNDBITE: (Malay) Syahadad Husin, shopkeeper:

"All of us must support the government because of what the government has genuinely done to help us."

9. Various of Ng Sek San planting colourful flags on grassy roundabout

10. Close up of colourful flags

11. SOUDNBITE (English) Ng Sek San, Landscape Architect:

"It's a very literal interpretation of what spring is. In a temperate climate you've got four seasons. When you change from dark, cold winter days into spring, everything becomes brighter and everybody gets more excited."

24 April 2013

12. Pan from street to Barisan Nasional (National Front) campaign post

13. Medium of banner showing picture of Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, reading (Malay): "The right leader for One Malaysia. Vote for Barisan Nasional"

22 April 2013

14. Various of Ng Sek San planting flags

15.SOUDNBITE: (English) Ng Sek San, Landscape Architect:

"Change has already taken place, whether we like it or not. A regime change, I guess, is important because the present regime has probably ruled for so long, and it's no secret that people are unhappy with a lot of things."

16. Various of student Joy Gracia Liso looking at her laptop

17. Reverse shot of Liso looking at facebook page

18.SOUNDBITE: (English) Joy Gracia Liso, student:

"Because everyone that I know goes back, at least they go back to Penang or Johor, even my roommate is going back, and to see them being able to go back, it kind of like envy me (made me envious), kind of made me like 'what am I doing here? Why can't I go back?' Especially that is my land, and this land is being, you know, manipulated in so many ways, why can't I be in that part. Now that I get the funds to go back, I just can't wait (to vote)."

19. Wide of Liso looking at paintings

STORYLINE

Malaysians face a stark choice on Sunday in their most hotly contested general elections ever: Stick with what they know, a long-ruling coalition accused of corruption, or take a chance on an untested opposition.

Some of the Southeast Asian nation's 13.3 (m) million eligible voters believe the National Front, which has dominated politics since independence from Britain in 1957, must be ousted to cleanse the government. They are rallying behind opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Supporters of incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak respond that change is too risky and unnecessary.

A five-minute drive from Kuala Lumpur's ceaselessly photographed Petronas Twin Towers, where a street-level mall lures shoppers and tourists to sparkling boutiques run by brands like Chanel and Gucci, Syahadad Husin smiles and nods at visitors to a grocery shop owned by his family in one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods.

The Malaysian entrepreneur's store is tiny, his customers are far from well-heeled and his shelves are stocked mainly with canned sardines and 30-cent packets of instant noodles.

He represents the kind of voter that the National Front has targeted the most by offering state-funded help. This year, Syahadad's profits nearly doubled after he participated in a government programme to help small businesses by providing them with cheap loans and free professional advice on managing their operations more efficiently.

"All of us must support the government because of what the government has genuinely done to help us," Syahadad said, echoing the ubiquitous message that the National Front is pushing through TV and radio commercials, highway billboards, full-page newspaper advertisements, glossy pamphlets stuffed into mailboxes and cellphone text messages.

The publicity blitz also warns that the opposition cannot be trusted to rule. The National Front says that if its rivals win, foreign investors will eventually flee Malaysia and leave the country in financial tatters.

But for landscape architect Ng Sek San and most opposition supporters, the theme that really resonates is "change".

Ng Sek San has earned praise for his work in Malaysian hotels and parks, but he considers his latest initiative,called the "Malaysian Spring," to be among his most ambitious.

The volunteer movement that he and his friends introduced through Facebook this past month has prompted residents of Kuala Lumpur's suburbs to hand-produce and plant tens of thousands of colourful miniature flags in grassy sidewalks and playgrounds, symbolising their hope for a fresh political start.

"It's a very literal interpretation of what spring is," Ng said in an interview at his office and gallery, which showcases his designs and works by Malaysian artists. "When you change from dark, cold winter days into spring, everything becomes brighter and everybody gets more excited."

The movement has attracted mainly middle-class Malaysians such as Ng, who feel strongly about clean government. For decades, most voters were content to let the long-ruling National Front coalition lead, as Malaysia steadily evolved from a backwater of rubber plantations, tin mines, fishing villages and rice paddies into an industrialised country that manufactures microchips and solar panels and even boasted the world's tallest building - the gleaming 88-story Petronas Twin Towers - for nearly six years.

Now a growing bank of educated middle class voters is tiring of widely alleged corruption and accusations that the National Front has become bloated with self-serving politicians who enrich themselves and their business friends.

Thanks to the internet, such perceptions have spread in recent years, as independent news websites and bloggers investigate government contracts and the use of public funds.

"A regime change, I guess, is important because the present regime has probably ruled for so long, and it's no secret that people are unhappy with a lot of things," Ng said.

Joy Gracia Liso is one of more than 2 (m) million people who are registered to vote for the first time. The opposition hopes these new voters in particular will feel bold enough about handing a five-year mandate to its candidates.

Walking through a campus hall that will host her graduation ceremony in October, Liso says she's more excited about voting than getting her degree in teaching.

Her father, a retired policeman, helped her raise 350 ringgit (115 US dollars) - a month's living expenses for her - to buy a flight ticket so that she can return to her home state in Borneo to vote. Liso is making the extra effort partly because she feels the odds are stacked unfairly in favour of the National Front.

She says that her rural relatives in the Kelabit indigenous tribe have told her they had received money in exchange for supporting National Front candidates in previous elections. The ruling coalition has long denied claims that it buys or tampers with votes in closely fought constituencies.

For many opposition supporters, the alleged dirty tactics depict the difference between a ruling coalition that's desperate to avoid losing and an opposition that's largely untested - but also untainted.