Beliau berkata, sekatan itu adalah tindak balas terhadap tindakan Israel yang mengenepikan prinsip asas kemanusiaan dan melanggar undang-undang antarabangsa menerusi pembantaian dan kekejaman berterusan terhadap warga Palestin.

Ng said the state government has demonstrated unwavering commitment to the green agenda with the launch of the Green Technology Small Grant (GKTH) and Environmental Small Grant (GKAS) initiatives under the Environment, Climate Change and Green Technology Committee earlier this year.

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.