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.

Bagaimanapun, menurut Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, rakyat negeri itu yang menyokong konsert Coldplay bukan kerana menyokong gerakan 'pelangi' sebaliknya cenderung dengan muzik disampaikan artis ternama antarabangsa tersebut.

“Air Selangor will continue to mobilise water tankers to the affected areas, giving priority to critical premises such as hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres and funeral parlours,” the statement said.

“PKNS also wants to raise the level of home ownership, especially among the youth and first-time home buyers."