Therefore, he said, the government still bears up to RM10 billion for diesel subsidies despite saving RM4 billion a year as a result of the retargeting exercise.

Beliau berkata meskipun berdepan pelbagai cabaran termasuk kekangan kewangan, pihaknya yakin sasaran tersebut mampu dicapai sekali gus menempatkan Selangor pada kedudukan tiga teratas di kejohanan dwitahunan itu.

Mengambil contoh di Selangor, katanya, kerajaan negeri merekodkan perbelanjaan lebih rendah apabila penganjuran rumah terbuka Aidilfitri buat kali pertamanya diadakan di sembilan daerah di negeri itu pada tahun lalu.

Among the measures taken by the state government were carrying out periodic cleanliness surveys, developing the Sungai Buloh Action Plan and implementing controls for the entry or release of polluting substances with the setting of parameter limits, he said in a statement today.

As a long-term measure, Hee said the state government through LUAS would implement the Zero Discharge Policy whereby premises will recycle their effluent discharge instead of releasing it to the environment and water sources.