Nombor Plate beharga RM25 juta

WakDaeng · Post time 27-1-2008 12:34 PM

Pada 16hb February akan datang ni, para pegawai dari Guinness Book of World Records akan berada di Abu Dhabi bagi menyaksi dan merekodkan acara lelongan nombor plate yg ekcklusif yg menjadi rebutan bebarapa hartawan arab iaitu : Abu Dhabi 1

Difahamkan plet no ni bakal direkodkan sebagai yg termahal di donia.

Sesiapa yg berminat boleh dapatkan detail kat Arabianbusiness.com

"Number 1 may break our own world record as the most expensive number plate", said Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Rahman M. Ali Al Kamali, Director of Administration of Privatisation and Financial Investments at the Ministry of Interior.

"We think it may fetch more than number 5 which sold for Dhs25.2 million," he added in an interview with UAE daily Gulf News.
Number plates in the UAE bestow upon their owners their present rank in society - Ruler: number 1; immediate family: single digits; senior government officials: two digits; private company CEOs: three digits; journalists: 5698724.

Small wonder then that they attract such extraordinary value. The status of being labelled one of the top 200 individuals in the UAE is worth a great deal in UAE society and business.

But can it really be worth Dhs25 million or more? Surely a small proportion of this price can be put down as a business expense. The rest is pure vanity.

A clue to value can be found in other countries. In the UK, the record for the most expensive number plate ever sold was broken this week when an anonymous buyer paid