Saturday November 24, 2007
It’s the boot for excos placing huge number plate bids
KUANTAN: Pahang state executive councillors will be given the boot if they are found to have made bids for registration numbers that cost more than RM10,000, warned Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.
“I will only allow bids that are less than RM10,000,” he said after the question and answer session during the state assembly sitting here yesterday.
The Mentri Besar had earlier sought permission from Dewan Speaker Datuk Wan Razali Mahussin to speak on the matter after the last written question was posed during the sitting.
Adnan made the remarks following newspaper reports on Friday quoting State Youth, Sports and Unity Committee chairman Datuk Dr Ahmad Shukri Ismail and State Entrepreneur Development Committee chairman Datuk Shahiruddin Ab Moin as having offered RM62,400 each for the CCC 3 and CCC 8 numbers.
It was also reported that they were the second highest bidders, with the first being the Sultan of Pahang, for the CCC 1 plate that fetched RM76,600.
The sultan also obtained CCC 2 plate for RM37,000 in an open tender for the CCC series of registration numbers that was opened for 45 days until Oct 25.
Also on the list was Teruntum State Assemblyman Datuk Ti Lian Ker who got the CCC 5 with a bid of RM32,000.
State Road and Transport Department assistant director Abdul Hakim Abdul Rauf was quoted as saying that there were 2,000 bids received for the CCC plate numbers.
Adnan said that both the state executive councillors admitted to submitting the forms to make the bids but rejected the offers after being informed that each number would cost RM62,400.
He said the news report gave the impression that the state exco members had a lot of money.
During the tea break, some of the backbenchers and state representatives were seen cracking jokes about the issue while Dr Ahmad Shukri was heard asking his colleague State Human Resource and Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Datuk Fong Koong Fuee whether the numbers “3” and “8” had special meanings in Chinese.
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