“These agencies include key entities such as the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), collecting over 70 per cent of the Federal government’s revenue,” he was quoted by the Malay daily, today.

Menurut Azilah, pada tahun ini juga menyaksikan peningkatan jumlah penglibatan usahawan seramai 200 orang yang mempromosikan produk mereka di 200 reruai jualan berbanding tahun lalu hanya 149 usahawan yang mengambil bahagian.

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.