Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang

The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS; Malay: Taman Ekspo Pertanian Malaysia Serdang) is an agro park in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the largest agro park in Malaysia and Asia. 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 agrotourism field.^{[citation needed]}

MAEPS on the first day of MAHA 2022

Geography and facilities

MAEPS is situated to the south of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. It is accessible via the South Klang Valley Expressway.^{[citation needed]}

The convention centre has four halls (Halls A to D), which are situated on 368 acres (149 hectares) of land. The buildings and outdoor spaces were designed to bring out the best of the surrounding landscape.^[1]

History

The Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA) is held here once every two years except year 2020 which is cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. The

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, 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.^[2][3] MAEPS is expected to receive its first patient with low risk one week after its conversion process is complete.^[4] It has started to operation since 23 April with 12 patients.^[5]

Events

The MAFI's booth in MAHA 2022

• 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)
• Malaysia Autoshow
• 11 – 22 September 2024: Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (MAHA 2024)

Transportation

Currently there are no bus services are available to serve MAEPS Serdang. The nearest train station to MAEPS are  PY34  MRT UPM located 6 km away and  KB05  Serdang KTM located 13 km away.

Only during certain events such as MAHA expo (except MAHA 2022) will provide shuttle bus services from train stations or locations of interest to MAEPS Serdang.

References

1. "About MAEPS". Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Sedang. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
2. Khairulrijal, Rahmat (4 April 2020). "Covid-19: Maeps transformed into massive makeshift hospital". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
3. Razali, Safeek Affendy (27 February 2021). "Bus ferrying Covid-19 patients crashes into UPM toll plaza | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
4. "Pusat Kuarantin di MAEPS terima pesakit, minggu depan". Berita Harian. Bernama. 10 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
5. "COVID-19: 12 pesakit mula terima waratan di MAEPS". Sinar Harian. Bernama. 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

External links

• MAEPS Website

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