MetMalaysia had previously issued a statement, saying that the country was currently experiencing the final phase of the northeast monsoon, which is expected to last until the end of March.

"Majlis ini bakal menyaksikan persembahan kebudayaan gabungan pelbagai jenis tarian tradisional Malaysia seperti tarian naga dan singa, gamelan, dram dan orkestra yang melambangkan sebahagian daripada warisan dan budaya yang terdapat di negara ini," Exco Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Mobiliti negeri Ng Sze Han

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.