KUANTAN: Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) will open the bidding for the vehicle registration number "UC" in February next year to commemorate the university's upcoming 20th anniversary.
The special registration initiative, spearheaded by the UMP Foundation, is aimed at generating funds for its various welfare efforts to assist students, their families and the local community.
UMP board of directors chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, who is Yayasan UMP chairman, said the customised licence plates will be available from number 1 to 9999 starting with the letters "UC".
"The online bidding process will be open to Malaysians once the process of gazetting the registration number is completed by February next year. The foundation has set a minimum sales target of RM3.5 million with Aquatwo Sdn Bhd, which has been appointed to handle the bidding process.
"The opening bidding price for single digit numbers from one to nine will start from RM200,000 while the other popular numbers will start from RM1,000," he told reporters after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Yayasan UMP and Aquatwo along with four other industries here today.
Aquatwo will be responsible for setting up the online bidding system, marketing and sales of the registration number.
Also present was UMP acting vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Yuserrie Zainuddin.
Aziz said proceeds from the sale of the number plates will be utilised by Yayasan UMP for its ongoing welfare initiatives.
"This includes funding educational, community programmes and providing additional learning facilities to be utilised by the students," he said.
Meanwhile, UMP Foundation also signed strategic collaborations with four industrial companies to help in increasing the marketability of UMP graduates by offering Industrial Training Excellence scholarships.
Aziz said the scholarship will be offered to students who excel academically and display high leadership qualities.
"It will benefit the selected students as they will receive financial support, exposure and industrial training while studying at UMP," he said.
The four companies were Nextgreen Pulp & Paper Sdn Bhd, Chua Ming Hooi Construction Sdn Bhd, Hardex Corporation Sdn Bhd and EC Excel Wire Sdn Bhd.