During the six-day trade visit, Ng said Selangor engaged with semiconductor industry players in the cities of Suzhou and Shenzen, as well as in Hong Kong, where they were encouraged to invest in the state.

Dalam majlis itu, Pengarah Jais Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad mengingatkan guru agar dapat merubah cara berfikir dalam melaksanakan tugas dan tanggungjawab selari dengan kenaikan pangkat baharu.

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.