Sebelum ini, PKPS menerima Anugerah Pengurusan Berkualiti 2023 kerana kejayaan cemerlang termasuk pengendalian program JER. Agensi itu turut diiktiraf Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) menerusi jualan ayam dan telur bersubsidi terbesar dalam tempoh dua hari sempena Aidilfitri.

Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari berkata, perkara sama telah diulangi beberapa kali ketika sesi perhimpunan bersama penjawat awam negeri sebelum ini.

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.