Acara ini dijangka menghimpunkan seramai 1,000 pelumba dari 10 negara selain Malaysia iaitu Great Britain, Jepun, Singapura, Brunei, Australia, Indonesia, Filipina, Bangladesh dan Jerman.

Beliau ditemui selepas menyempurnakan Majlis Pra Pelancaran Selangor International Race (SIR) 2024 dan memperkenalkan lima barisan duta SIR di Pusat Konvensyen Shah Alam (SACC) di sini, hari ini.

“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).