KOTA BARU: The vehicle registration number ‘DDP 1’ fetched the highest bid at RM152,999 in Kelantan, during a five-day online bidding process from Aug 30 to Sept 3, undertaken by the state Road Transport Department through its JPJeBid system.
Its deputy director Nik Azhan Ab Hadi said the bid, which was secured by a company, was among four bids made for the plate number.
The five days of bidding which featured the DDP series and attracted 1,354 bidders, also saw five other registration numbers, ‘DDP 9’, ‘DDP 55’, ‘DDP 88’, ‘DDP 27’ and ‘DDP 96’ securing high bidding.
Nik Azhan said four series of plate numbers comprising DDP, DDL, DDM and DDN had fetched a total of RM4.3 million in successful bids for 2019.
Prior to this, the department’s highest collection from bids, at RM7.3 million was for the DDD registration series.
He added that plate numbers purchased through the bidding system, needed to be registered for accompanying vehicles within 12 months of receipt of the offer letter issued by RTD. -- Bernama