The initiative is part of the Unesco Creative Cities Network (UCCN) programme introduced in 2004, which engages cities worldwide to promote collaboration and recognises creativity as a key strategic factor in sustainable urban development.

Pengerusi Persatuan Nelayan Kawasan (PNK) Pelabuhan Klang berkata menerusi bantuan itu setiap nelayan menerima pukat hanyut, tong minyak, kotak ikan dan minyak pelincir.

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.