Sold out: Loke (right) speaking with the media while holding up the highest selling ‘FF’ numbers in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The special “FF” number plate series has raked in more than RM34mil in revenue, says Anthony Loke.
The Transport Minister said this was the highest revenue generated since the JPJeBid system was opened to the public on April 15, 2019.
The “FF8” number plate had the highest bid at RM950,000, with “FF9” coming in second at RM911,999.
The “FF3” and “FF2” number plates came in third and fourth with bids up to RM639,000 and RM638,000 respectively.
“There was an incredible response to this series, with up to 34,032 bidders,” said Loke.
He added that 8,348 bids had also been placed over five days for the 9,999 running numbers that are up for grabs.
“This means there are only slightly more than 1,000 running numbers left,” he told reporters in Parliament yesterday.
Numbers that had the most bids were “FF199” with 34 bidders, “FF51” (32) and “FF155”, “FF555” and “FF1688” with 29 bidders each.
He said the last day of bidding on May 18 also saw people increasing their bids until the deadline.
“Since there were so many people accessing the system at one time, our system crashed and we decided to extend the bid by another 24 hours.
“This is something we have to work on to make sure our system can run smoothly,” he said.
The “FF” number plate series was launched to mark the 77th anniversary of the Road Transport Department.
