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.

Dr Zaliha said she would meet Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek soon to discuss the guidelines and standard operating procedure for students, which will be issued before school reopens next week.

“Program bermula di Sepang esok diikuti Hulu Selangor pada Sabtu dan Klang (Ahad),” kata Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari pada majlis rumah terbuka Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad (PNSB) di sini hari ini.

According to Radzi, 116 hotspots were reported this week, seven more than the previous week, 62 of which were in Selangor, 32 in Penang, eight in Sabah, seven in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, three in Perak, two in Kedah, and one each in Sarawak and Labuan.