Sementara itu Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan (Pembangunan) Dato’ Johary Anuar yang merasmikan program berkata festival menjadi titik tolak untuk semua pihak menggembleng tenaga dan idea bagi mengembangkan lagi industri seni dan sastera negeri.

Selangor Sports Council executive director Mohamad Nizam Marjugi said all athletes and officials, including coaches, were listed for the biennial Games before the registration deadline on July 5.

Amirudin said that last year, Selangor’s contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continued to increase to 25.5 per cent while improving on its role as a state that contributes more than a quarter to the country’s GDP.

On Nov 16, the media reported that the Department of Environment (DoE) ordered the landowner to immediately clean up a 9.7-hectare site in Kapar that was contaminated with oil and vehicle emissions that had been bothering residents since the beginning of last November.

"SABDA akan membantu projek sedia ada menerusi pemberian geran, penerapan teknologi, dan peningkatan kemahiran, antara lainnya," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.