Driving force of numbers


A vehicle number plate maker measuring the spacing for a client’s number plate. JPJ has standard specification for both cars and motorcycles with regard to font type, size and spacing. — Photos: LOW LAY PHON/The Star

THE sale of vehicle registration numbers is a big deal for the Road Transport Department (JPJ).

Out of its yearly RM4bil revenue, 30% was derived from selling vehicle registration numbers while road tax renewals made up the bulk of the remaining 70%, its director-general Datuk Shaharuddin Khalid said.

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