Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today encouraged athletes to give “world-class" performances at the 2017 SEA Games and Asean Para Games, in view of how world-class facilities and infrastructure had been completed ahead of the games.

In a rousing speech, he said stadiums in Bukit Jalil have been fitted out ahead of the games and listed mega-projects recently completed by the government - the Mass Rail Transit (MRT) system and the Malaysian Trade and Exhibition Centre (Mitec)...