“However, the increase in API readings in Shah Alam was due to the open burning activities in areas close to the monitoring stations,” - Department of Environment (DOE) director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaafar

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya Yong Kai Ping berkata sasaran itu mampu dicapai menerusi padanan perniagaan dan jalinan usahasama ke arah pertumbuhan bandar pintar serta ekonomi digital.

Ng berkata, SIBS juga menampilkan speaker utama termasuk Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Chow Kon Yeow, Menteri Kementerian Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri (MITI), Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

Mahmud said PKNS has many project sites under development, and Akademi PKNS sees this as a good opportunity to conduct education-based businesses in these development areas, including in Cyberjaya, Kota Puteri and Antara Gapi.

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.