Sementara itu Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan (Pembangunan) Dato’ Johary Anuar yang merasmikan program berkata festival menjadi titik tolak untuk semua pihak menggembleng tenaga dan idea bagi mengembangkan lagi industri seni dan sastera negeri.

Selangor Sports Council executive director Mohamad Nizam Marjugi said all athletes and officials, including coaches, were listed for the biennial Games before the registration deadline on July 5.

Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, berkata negeri itu berada di tempat ketiga dengan pelaburan sebanyak RM12 bilion pada suku pertama tahun ini, selepas berada di kedudukan kedua keseluruhan dengan meraih pelaburan RM55 bilion untuk setahun penuh 2023.

Its chief executive officer Datuk Mahmud Abbas said the residences, to be built in Petaling Jaya and in Section 13, Shah Alam, will be pilot projects, marking a new goal for the state entity in the six decades since its founding.

"The full recovery time is expected to be at 8:00 am on Friday (July 26)," it added.