Bids open next month for special vehicle number series

KUBANG PASU: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will open bids for the vehicle special registration number series MALAYSIA 1 to MALAYSIA 9999 to the public via offer from Aug 1 to 15.Road Transport Department Director-General Datuk Seri Shaharuddin Khalid said the bid offers would be opened at state RTD nationwide and applications could be submitted manually to the respective state RTD director with the bid offer box to be set up at the RTD in each state.

"... this offer starts from 10 am, Aug 1 to 12 noon, Aug 15. One form is for one application only.

Forms can be obtained for free at any state JPJ, branch or downloaded from www.jpj.gov.my.

"Application can be submitted by hand or post ... prior to this we planned to do something online but the system is not complete yet," he told a press conference before visiting the RTD office at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex Bukit Kayu Hitam, near here, Saturday.

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Last June, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook, in a media report, was quoted as saying that the offer would be open from July 2 to 16 to any individual including ministers except Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who would be offered a special registration number 'MALAYSIA 2020'.

Meanwhile, Shaharuddin said the RTD expected the proceeds from the bid offers for the series of registration numbers to reach RM20 million.

"To date, the highest overall bid and sales value for the V series is RM22.48 million followed by the F series with RM17.55 million. The highest bid for both series is V1, namely, RM989,780 while F1 is RM836,660, "he said.

In another development, he said any individual who performed the 'Keke Challenge,' namely, to dance near a slowly moving car to the extent of being involved in an accident and jeopardising others might be subject to summons from RTD.

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"We have our legal framework to take action on the road, but such deeds that do not follow normal courtesy are of course not allowed by society's ethics.

"But if an accident occurs after driving in such a manner, resulting in the issue of endangering (others) cropping up, we may issue summons...thus far, we review according to the provisions of our law," he said.

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