Beliau berkata, Selangor telah melahirkan ramai nama besar dalam sukan termasuk atlet gimnastik Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, Gavin Kyle Green (golf) dan Lee Hup Wei (olahraga) hasil pelaksanaan program pembangunan sukan negeri.

“This is among PKPS’ initiatives, and moving forward, we can expect more cooperations with local and foreign companies to further improve food security in Selangor,” he said after witnessing the MoU signing at the State Secretariat Building, here, yesterday.

State executive councillor for poverty eradication V. Papparaidu said the programme, aimed at the underprivileged and low-income groups across all 56 state constituencies, involves an allocation of RM7.51 million.

He said, this year, Yide is also allocating almost RM1.7mil as Aidilfitri donations for 11,386 orphans from 6,388 families registered with Yide.

Selangor memperuntuk RM16.48 juta tahun ini bagi program pemberian baucar perayaan mengikut komponen kaum yang memanfaatkan 82,400 penerima.