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.

“We also want to focus on socio-economic development, including infrastructure and village road facilities like the water supply, the electricity supply, and telecommunications facilities,” - State EXCO for Orang Asli and minority affairs, V. Papparaidu.

“Pahang, for example, has not been able to bear its huge debt burden because it has not been able to raise tariffs for 30 years. Only Johor has been successful in raising (tariffs) before 2018 because it was able to replace the whole lot of 20,000 pipes that needed to be changed,” he said

Jelasnya, kerajaan negeri bertegas untuk bertahan dengan kos RM787 juta bagi menaik taraf Stadium Shah Alam merangkumi peralihan dan menaikkan tapak, projek tebatan banjir dan integrasi stesen Aliran Transit Ringan (LRT).