Movie Animation Park Studios will debut in Ipoh in 2016

Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (fourth from left), along with Ramelle and Mclean (third and second from right) pose with characters from Dreamworks Studios.

Malaysia's first animation theme park, the first in Asia as well - Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS), is due to start operations in Ipoh early next year.

In a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the theme park co-developer RSG MAPS Sdn Bhd and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, training and employment would be provided to students and graduates from Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN).