廖中莱车牌风波在自已和马华身上涂到满身屎

RTD gave ‘WWW 15’ for free, says Tiong Lai

Liow, can you give the public a good reason why you should be entitled a FOC car plate?
You have covered up something. If it was FOC in the first place, you would have known
and won't make ridiculous answers.

FOC to you would mean a lost of RM24,200 in revenue for the RTD. Anyway, both you
and MCA are in deep shits now, which is a good news for the country.
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By Ida Lim

June 06, 2012

Liow had said he was not sure who paid RM24,200 for the WWW 15 vehicle registration number he won in the recent RTD tender. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The Road Transport Department (RTD) has given the WWW 15 vehicle registration number for free to Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, the Health Minister said this evening, deepening the mystery as to why the number was valued at RM24,200 in the first place on the department website.

WWW 15 is among the vehicle registration numbers in the WWW series that helped bring in some RM12 million for the RTD. An unnamed official earlier said that the name listed as the winning bidder had to pay up, be it an organisation or an individual.

“I have received official notification from RTD that the number plate is free. There is no payment involved. Any further Qs pls refer to RTD. TQ,” Liow said in a posting on his Twitter microblogging account this evening.

The Sin Chew Daily reported today that the RTD said Liow must pay for the WWW 15 vehicle registration number as the bid was in his name.

“Although this car plate is used for an official car, we still consider who the bidder is. If the bidder is a ministry, it will be paid for by the ministry. If it’s under a personal name, it will be paid for by the individual,” an unnamed public relations officer from a Kuala Lumpur RTD branch was quoted as saying by Sin Chew.

Sin Chew reported the RTD official as saying that since the WWW 15 tender was in Liow’s name, the minister would be the party liable for the winning RM24,200 bid.

The official also told the newspaper that all the WWW registrations were sold through open tender and that the RTD does not reserve specific numbers for ministers unless directed to do so by their superiors.

A minister’s personal car could also be used as an official car, the official was reported as saying and cited the case of Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim as an example.

Yesterday, Liow had said he was not sure who paid the amount of RM24,200 for the WWW 15 vehicle registration number he won in the recent RTD tender.

The MCA deputy president had confirmed the Ministry of Health did not pay for the bid but defended himself by saying that the “process (of bidding) was handled by JPJ (RTD).”

Pressed for answers over who paid for the bid, Liow said, “Not sure, I have to check”.

“All ministers are eligible for one number; I didn’t exercise the option earlier,” Liow had said.

“Numbers to me are not important; what is more important is service to the people,” he added.

Thousands of people had thronged the three Kuala Lumpur RTD branches to place their bids for the coveted WWW plates.

Liow is the second person to come under public scrutiny after the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar, beat close to 10,000 bidders to win the tender for the vehicle registration number WWW 1, with the record-setting bid of RM520,000.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/rtd-gave-www-15-for-free-says-tiong-lai/

廖中莱的 WWW 15 车牌

卫生部长的新官车，标得 WWW 15 车牌。可是却在人民眼中充满疑惑。

他不知道谁出钱竞标，做事会这样糊涂？

他并且使用私下的姓名，这说明什么动机？在华社的眼里，马华将会在
来临的第 13 届大选全军覆没。那么，他丢官后就可以把车牌带走自己
用？2 万 4 千 200 令吉，这是人民的钱嘢！

我建议反贪污局去调查这事件，是否有什么利益关系的存在。

Minister not sure who paid for WWW 15

MACC should check what has transpired. See whether there was any conflict of interest. By the way, why was the plate applied under his personal name? This was to enable him to take the plate with him after Barisan Nasional loses in the 13th General Elections?
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By Ida Lim

June 05, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today that he is not sure who paid the RM24,200 for the WWW 15 vehicle registration number he won in a recent tender as controversy mounted over why he made the bid for his official car.

Questioned today by reporters over who made the payment, the MCA deputy president confirmed that the Ministry of Health did not pay for the number. 

But when further pressed for answers, Liow (picture) hesitated before saying “not sure, I have to check”. 

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who was also present at the press conference at the MCA headquarters, attempted to help Liow by saying that the money went “from the left hand to the right hand”.

But Dr Chua also did not say who paid the money.

“When I applied for it, I didn’t know the cost,” Liow said.

He defended himself by saying that “the process (of bidding) was handled by JPJ (Road Transport Department)” and repeated that the bid was placed because of the change in his official car.

He said that “all ministers are eligible for one number, I didn’t exercise the option earlier.”

He said “numbers to me are not important, what is more important is service to the people.”

On May 28, it was announced that the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Sultan Iskandar, beat close to 10,000 bidders to win the tender for the vehicle registration number WWW 1, with the highest bid of RM520,000.

It was also revealed then that Liow had won the bid for the WWW 15 registration number.

Thousands of people had thronged the three Kuala Lumpur RTD branches to place their bids for the WWW prefix.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/minister-not-sure-who-paid-for-www-15/