It’s a go for the new W1A format vehicle registration plate for Wilayah Persekutuan – the introduction of the series continues off from the existing three alphabet W series, which ended with WYY 9999. The timing of the introduction is pretty much as anticipated.
The start of the new number sequence from W1A will run to W9999A, then W1B to W9999B, W1C to W9999C and so on until W9999Y. Once that’s reached, the next set will begin with WA1A to WA9999A, ending at WY9999Y. This will be followed by a WAA1A to WAA9999A series, and so forth until it gets to WYY9999Y.
It was reported last month that more than bids for 5,000 for W1A series numbers had been made, according to KL Road Transport Department (JPJ) director Mohd Nadzri Osman. It was stated that that three types of numbers were up for bidding – popular numbers (four digits), fancy numbers (two digits) and golden numbers (single digit).
As to who’s the owner of the W1A number plate, it turns out that the number has been assigned to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong; the W8A and W10A plates are also similarly assigned.
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Paul Tan when?? Driven Enterprise?? Haha…..Just kidding, no offense..
if really got so much money, go save malaysia economic la…ringgit is worthless
Hmmm….Abu Hasan bid the number for RM129K…….
Wow, so much money for a plate no. from an unknown(known??) guy???
Many more Msian is also rich but prefer to remain below the limelight…..a heavenly place to live aye????
“Go save Malaysia economic???” Why??? Msia Economic is in a bad shape ka????
From your comment it show you’re living in hutan.
Look at ringgit against other currency. We’re in deep shit.
Even Japan/HK doesnt care Yen lower than US Dollar… China also try harder to push & maintain RMB lower than Dollar… Why U so angry Ringgit lower than dollar… Pleased read economic 1st leerrr…
i dont know abu hassan but if his name is dato abul hassan mohamed rashid this fella had serious court case
yeap it is abul hassan…same last ic num…SC sentence him 6 years in prison…still living in luxury…haha
at least the money remains in our country rather than going outside :)
then it is up to the gov how to manage
Already gain maa…
Nobody to comment?? Takutt
Watch out, we got a badass over here..
In my opinion it’s not a user friendly format especially if one were to use it for sorting in MS Excel Office. The next best solution is maintain current alphabet series but with 5 digit numbers, e.g WYY1 to WYY99999 which accommodate 99,999 vehicles per run. FYI, China had implemented it long ago.
On another aspect, you have 26 alphabets (minus a few that’s not usable, you still get 20?) vs 10 numerics. :)
anyone with slightly more advanced knowledge of excel would know how to sort this. it actually lets you sort them into smaller compartments and categories.
4D easy to ‘tikam’…1Big 1Small
This shows your knowledge in Excel is limit.
please do some sorting on your own, then you will know what I am talking about.
DAP is definitely won’t qualify when it comes to excel. We’re dealing with 9999. They can’t even deal with 2000+
Easy.. Use formula below in another column and then sort it..
=MID(A1,2,LEN(A1)-2)
This caters for W1A till W9999Y… For WA1A till WYY9999Y and so on, this formula can be improve.. Lazy to think now..
Cannot, then it would be difficult to buy 4 ekor.
i know class for excell intermediate.. want to join… hahaha
Why not have plate like:
State
(2 digit year)-(5 char hexadecimal)
That way every year every state can sell up to 1.04 million cars. More than you ever need.
nowadays no need to separate between states anymore.
we live in borderless world. JPJ is interconnected. and many ppl bought cars from other states to live and work in another.
go for standardise Malaysia number plate. just like singapore. or UK. and change it on yearly basis. this year when we see a car, quickly we can know the car is registered in which year.
otherwise, when you see a Camry with WHY plate.. or WKL… can you guess which year? Is it harder.
OMG…then can buy 5D …lol.
Even in UK especially Northern Ireland are using same format as Malaysia which is LLL NNNN… BDZ 7459…
People in UK prefers Northern Ireland number plates because it cannot tell the age of the car…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/British_vehicle_registration_plate_NI.PNG
Porsche Panamera UK with Northern Ireland number plates
CFZ 9533… It looks similar to Malaysian number plates…
http://platesmania.com/uk/foto943
that is bullshit Along.
UK consists of Great Britain + Ireland. while GB consists of 3 countries that are England, Wales and Scotland.
ireland is the minority country in the UK, as the balance 3 makes majority and does not justify your statement.
the actual fact is… Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong all inherit British number plate. Britain and Singapore had long upgraded the system while Malaysia remains with old way.
they are using running registration numbers with numbers to show first half of the year and 2nd half of the year.
example
AA 09 XYZ (2009 Jan-Jun)
AA 59 XYZ (2009 Jul-Dec)
* British registration years actually starts from August instead of January. the above is only example
another example
AA 13 XYZ (2013 Jan-Jun)
AA 63 XYZ (2013 Jul-Dec)
fuh..Mr.Abu is a rich dude!
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Crime/Story/A1Story20090314-128402.html
Got some hi profile name there that I know, Tengku Asmawi (W15A) is widower of 1970’s singer late Rafeah Buang (he then remarried)..he’s a relative to Sultan Pahang
Another high-profile individual that not everybody know @ W12A Edyy Casmady – husband of popular Malay actress & Pengerusi of Koperasi Belia 1Malaysia Berhad (KOB1M)which majoring in promoting automotive business & jualbeli kenderaan huhuhu
They should have just use the same pattern instead of start a new format. What is wrong with WAAA1, WAAA2, WAAA3? Yeah, because number plate is free income to JPJ
still u can opt for running number mah.. no need to buy one…
Don wan don buy
What is the purpose of SAB 1234 R, KV 1234 D, QAA 1234 G, W 1234 A…
It’s hard to abolish a system which is making money. Well, if people are willing to pay, then the people have only themselves to blame. Come to think of it, it is ingrained in our culture due to our historic feudal system. Exclusivity to those who are rich. At least it can be considered as a tax for the rich.
I still prefer the German system when I registered my car. Just need to pay 10 EUR for an available combination and Boom! you get your plates.
i’d like to book W1N…
i bet W4N will be booked by someone from one of those rich “Wan” families in the east coast…
Go donate to the poor lah.
they are donating to the government. Then Government pay for road, traffic lights, sugar subsidy, build public hospitals etc etc etc. Good laa these rich people contributing to the public coffers
I hope the government will spend it wisely
W7A … money laundering?
Wow… RM130,000 for a plate number.
do u know u have to bid for plate number before you could buy car in major cities in China?
It is meaning-less. JPJ should come up with better format after we got only just no plate!
masa sbelum no baru ni keluar JPJ dah offer cadangan kpd public..tp bila dah kluar no baru ni, mcm2 plak cadangan..x betul lah..bashhhh lah..hehe
I saw new trade plate format… W/TP 1234… from W 1234 A to W/TP 1234…
I believe this number plate will suffered drops in sales because it is ugly for square number plates especially motorcycles and JDMs…
For example W 1234 A is ok to write in horizontal… but it looks so ugly when making square plates
W
1234A, quite ugly on motorcycles…
W 1234 A, ok
SAB
1234R, ok
KV
1234D, ok
QAA
1234G, ok
I forgot to add… Since QAA 1234 A Kuching implemented, QBB 1234 Sri Aman and QCD 1234 Kota Samarahan plates begin to hasten because many motorcycle owners prefer no suffix plates…
QAA
1234G
is quite ugly for some owners who wanted square plates…
RM129,000 just for plat nombor. And yet…
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Apa lagi Melayu mahu?
Only ‘selected’ few get to enjoy the perks, if you know what I mean. ;)
wah ayat macam cari gaduh je BLT Club?
All Korean Cars should have the Negeri Sembilan Plates reserved for them.
NRV 1234 A
dont be so hard laa.. No Resale Value?
to harsh… better Low Resale Value. ekekekekeek
why aren’t JPJ bringing in the personalised no. plate?
Talk and talk but now forgot about it?
begins with registration number W—A is beautiful enough.
This results shall be the final after they turned on light…..
I just wanna buy W4444A so that when people see my car they will be like, “Waaaaaaaaaaa……!!!” with their mouth wide open.
Google out the W5A…
Politician’s wife
w17a might be related to the same person
i got my W129A with rm500.. very lucky! =D
How did you check? Need to check personally at JPJ office?
Google W7A’s name and see where he’s supposed to be right now and why he could pay so much for a plate number.
inb4, mane sultan johor?
dia dekat rumah dia laa
Call 03-41450879 department of tender wangsa maju to check your result :)
An “A” list for burglars and car thieves, not to mention potential kidnappers.
alldisc, i think you your geography mixed up!
UK as in United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is another name for the UK. If one say GB or UK, it refers to same country!
Ireland is a separate country from UK or GB and it’s also part of European Union. Not to be confused with Northern Ireland which is part of UK!
Dont judge people