Looks like the era of special number plates isn’t over, just that there will be no sources other than the government peddling it. “From now on, any buying of number plates must go through JPJ, without exceptions. This is government revenue and we intend to collect all of it,” transport minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said last month.
It didn’t take them long. Loke today revealed the ‘Malaysia’ special number plate series at the transport ministry headquarters in Putrajaya. Introduced in conjunction with the upcoming Merdeka Day celebrations, which carries the theme Sayangi Malaysiaku, the plate series will be from numbers Malaysia 1 to Malaysia 9999.
The plate series will be open for public bidding from July 2-16 at all state JPJ HQs nationwide, and tender results will be announced on August 23, the ministry said. The government expects to collect over RM22 million from this “once in a lifetime” series (V series netted RM22m), and with “cross subsidising” at play, the transport ministry hopes to get bigger allocations for improving public transport.
Loke said that no numbers will be reserved for VIPs and all numbers will go to the highest bidder, except for Malaysia 2020, which will be offered to prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The last special plate introduced was UP, but there have been a host of special plates in recent times. These include G1G-G999G, X, XX, YY, UU, GTR, GG, SAM, K1M, T1M, A1M, US, SMS, NBOS, NAAM, VIP, G, GT, U, Y, PERFECT, PATRIOT and FB by JPJ itself.
Loke said last month that an electronic bidding system for number plates will be introduced to replace the current one, which is being carried out manually. He said that he has instructed JPJ to prepare the system for introduction at the beginning of next year.
“At the moment you need to physically show up to bid for certain numbers at JPJ offices in certain states. We hope to roll out the online system by January 2019, which will allow more vehicle owners to bid for special number plates,” he stated, adding that the new e-bidding system will improve transparency and efficiency as well as increase revenue for the government.
Will successful bidders be able to use stylised fonts as shown here?
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My Dear Transport Hero, thank you coming up with another idea to raise fund for our beloved country. Please keep on doing this! You got all the support from the rakyat of Malaysia baharu.
MOTHER of all NUMBER Plate
Malaysia TN2050
1MDB plate any day
Another joke tender by JPJ. Every week got new tender. But at least this time, the money collected will be used to reduce our 1 trillion debt and not used to buy Birkin handbags costing RM200,000 to RM1.6 million each
“The official Federal Government debt is RM686.8bil (50.8% of GDP).”
– According to ur FM. Ah, but forgot he cant count. So u might be right.
U-turn at its best, and this is coming out from a PH government… Getting sadder and sadder by the day.
Financial mess left by old BN government…
And MY pipu got waaayyy too much money.
The old system of special number plate was farmed out to crony for RM1 million & the crony profit from selling all the number plate. As for this NEW number plate series, U pay directly to MOT.
gostan you mean?
More like head on collision.
The money goes to gov, not to NGOs as practiced in your bn time. Can’t you comprehend your reading?
Goes to NGOs for good purpose, no problem. Goes to JPJ poket buat pe? Kayakan Loki?
If the money is put to good use, why not? Don’t think BN Gov will use those moneys from number plates for anything good.
Someone just cant resist to put his hand into the cookie jar. Barely 1 month.
All my dealers’ runnrs can’t get the UP plate. Anyone knows how to get it?
Go see JPJ IT Dept now.
U-turn of PH.. Sad story of my Malaysia
Malaysia 2020
i dont understand all the negativity. isnt this good ? its bringing in more money to government, at virtually zero cost to gov, and with more transparency.
Good. Buy now Malaysia number plate. Let put it on your hailat. Sure good RV.
Malaysia 9518
MALAYSIA 4444
MY 9518
Same-same lor.. new G, old G
ABANG 61 tahun… ADIK 3 minggu ..
Bersama-sama. Together. Abang Adik..
Brand new “old” MY!
Can only blame the old G for low level of English comprehension among Malaysians…
Different… now can get Anthony 1 number plate…
MALAYSIA 509
Again nobody forced you to buy but this time it’s actually going directly to the government! Cheers.
At least ALL the money will go straight to JPJ, not some damn cronies who songlap Rakyat money.
Funny how the macai kutuk this effort but fail to see the previous massive songlap-ing by cronies. Dedak made you blind to wrong doings huh?
Just like the Live Broadcast of World Cup. Kutuk kau kau but in the end, fully sponsored. Now, any extra revenue made by RTM is profit that will again go to gomen. Don’t underestimate the advertising revenues of such sporting event. Open your heart macai. We’re sure you too would like a better Malaysia for your children.
Everyone have to bid to get their number. No more VIP like last time can reserve without paying. BUT we are just going to reserve 2020 for our super VIP.
i think PH is doing this correctly. All bidding of number using online and money from the sales goest to Ministry of finance
why focus so much on making money ? MOT should give priority to safety and improvement in public transport
how to buy? where to buy?
Hi Officer
How to tender Malaysia 31
Which website to submit application form
Thank You
malaysia 16
Malaysia 1502
who are the NGO companies for each special Alphabet version? Can we bypass agents and go direct to NGO company to buy them straight?
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