Sebelum ini, PKPS menerima Anugerah Pengurusan Berkualiti kerana kejayaan cemerlang termasuk pengendalian program JER. Agensi itu turut diiktiraf Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) menerusi jualan ayam dan telur bersubsidi terbesar.

Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) deputy director-general (Management Services) Rosilawati Abu Hassan said that the market had been slightly shifted from the usual site but it was still within the stadium grounds.

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.