He takes over from Mohamad Azhan Md Amir, whose tenure ended in October last year. Deputy Mayor Aznan Hassan has been leading the Petaling Jaya City Council since then.

Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Bahagian Pengurusan, Mohamad Zahri Samingon berkata, sebanyak RM10 juta diperuntukkan untuk Program Tuisyen Rakyat Selangor.

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.