Kejuaraan benua anjuran Badminton Asia itu bakal menyaksikan penyertaan kelompok pemain lelaki dan wanita terbaik Asia termasuk pasukan pilihan China, Jepun, Korea Selatan dan penyandang juara Malaysia.

Commending the state government’s wide range of schemes and initiatives addressing the various needs of its people, its secretariat policy and research officer Debbie Loh said the efforts include all aspects, like education, health, entrepreneurs, child care, and housing.

“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).