The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS; ms, Taman Ekspo Pertanian Malaysia Serdang) is an agro park in

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. It is the largest agro park in

and

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. It was created under an initiative by the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture to be a venue for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE), especially for those catering towards the agriculture, horticulture and

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field.

Geography and facilities

MAEPS is situated to the south of the

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. It is accessible via the

South Klang Valley Expressway The South Klang Valley Expressway, or SKVE (Malay: ''Lebuhraya Lembah Klang Selatan''), is an expressway in the southern part of Klang Valley, Malaysia's most densely populated region. This dual-carriageway provides links to the booming towns in ...

. The convention centre has four halls (Halls A to D), which are situated on of land. The buildings and outdoor spaces were designed to bring out the best of the surrounding landscape.

History

The Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA) is held here once every two years. The last was held in 2018. During the

COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia The COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). , with over 4,945,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, over 27,000 active ca ...

, MAEPS was converted into makeshift hospital to treat the infected patients. The hospital location is called the COVID-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre. MAEPS is expected to receive its first patient with low risk one week after its conversion process is complete. It has started to operation since 23 April with 12 patients.

Events

* 21 – 26 November 2006: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2006) * 11 – 23 August 2008: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2008) * Export Furniture Exhibition, 2009 * 29 November – 12 December 2010: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2010) * 23 November – 2 December 2012: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2012) * Malaysia International Tourism Exchange, 2012 * Karnival & Ekspo Kemahiran Kebangsaan, 2013 * Urbanscapes 2013 * 20 – 30 November 2014: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2014) * 1 – 11 December 2016: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2016) * 22 November – 2 December 2018: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2018) * 4 – 14 August 2022: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2022)

References

External links

MAEPS Website
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