KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry will no longer grant approvals for the issuance and sale of special registration number plates intended to benefit any company, individual, or non-governmental organisation (NGO).
Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah said the decision was made based on a Cabinet directive from 2022.
“The current policy criteria of the ministry, which is to cease (issuing or authorising) the sale of special plates to NGOs or companies, remains as decided by the Cabinet on Aug 17, 2022.
“This includes business purposes intended to generate profit for any party involved,” he said during Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Aug 4).
Rushdan Rusmi (PN-Padang Besar) had sought clarification on the guidelines and criteria used by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) in approving special plate series.
On the revenue generated from the sale of special registration numbers, Hasbi said a total of RM110,069,150 has been collected since the initiative was introduced in 2023.
“Revenue from these numbers is now collected via the JPJeBid platform, and the proceeds are channelled into the Federal Consolidated Fund under the Federal Government.
“A portion of the revenue is then allocated to people-centric programmes,” he said.
To a supplementary question from Datuk Mohd Isam Mohd Isa (BN-Tampin) on issues surrounding JPJeBid, Hasbi acknowledged that the ministry had resolved many of the technical glitches in the bidding system.
However, he admitted that minor technical shortcomings persisted.
“To be fair… there were many problems during the early stages, such as login difficulties and bidders being cut off at the last minute.
“But those problems have mostly been resolved. While some issues remain, they are no longer as widespread as they once were,” he said.
