This is in response to criticisms and allegations by political rivals revolving around the state’s decision to end the blanket free water scheme that has been enjoyed in Selangor since 2008, and rebrand it as the Darul Ehsan Water Scheme (SADE) beginning March 2020.

Hee said that discussions are ongoing with the local authorities, and workshops will be organised for all 12 local authorities under Selangor to discuss the implementation and process.

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.