RTD: DDU vehicle registration bids top collection at RM1.78 mln

KOTA BHARU, Aug 18 -- The Kelantan Road Transport Department (RTD) recorded the highest collection for bids involving the DDU vehicle registration serial numbers amounting to RM1.78 million.

Kelantan RTD director Hanif Yusabra Yusuf said the bidding, which opened five days ago, exceeded the initial target of RM1.35 million and it was the highest collection of registration number series since the JPJeBid (electronic bidding for vehicle registration number plates) was introduced in the state.

“The number of users registered with JPJeBid at the close of bidding was 238,252, involving 2,040 bidders and of that number there were only 341 successful bidders.

"The total bidding price for the DDU series involved the DDU 1 registration number, worth RM118,888, and serial numbers DDU 83 and DDU 117 received the highest bids with 13 bidders," he said in a statement here today.

He said any registration number that is successfully bid must be registered on a vehicle within 12 months from the date the offer letter is issued at the state RTD office or branch.

Hanif Yusabra said the remaining unregistered registration numbers will be open to the public to be purchased at the minimum price.

"The bidding price will be according to the category that has been set, namely the key category with a value of RM20,000; attractive numbers (two digits) at RM3,000; attractive numbers (three digits) at RM2,500; attractive numbers (four digits) at RM2,000; and popular numbers at RM500 and current numbers worth RM300.

“The public who are interested in getting the remaining registration numbers can do so at the state RTD office or branches. Apart from that, the public is also advised to have a mySIKAP ID to get a list of the current numbers that have not been registered yet and (they can) then buy them online," he said.

-- BERNAMA