Sarawak Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia

1 sarawak

1.1 current format
1.2 history of sarawakian registration numbers

1.2.1 pre-1991
1.2.2 post-1991

sarawak
current format

all registration plates of sarawak private , commercial motorised vehicles exceptions of used taxis, vehicle dealers , diplomats follow qdx #### x algorithm.

q - constant prefix sarawakian number plates.
d - division (area) prefix. (e.g. : = kuching, m = miri)
x - alphabetical sequences. (e.g. : a, b, c ... x , y)
# - number sequence. (e.g. : 1, 2, 3 ... 9998, 9999)

the letters i, o , z not used , there no leading zeroes, in case of peninsular malaysian number plates. current algorithm majority of sarawak s divisions start constant q prefix, followed division prefix , number sequence. example qa 1 of kuching division, issued in 2004. once qa 9999 reached, alphabetical sequence added right of division prefix; qaa 1 result. when qay 9999 achieved in late 2011, second alphabetical sequence incorporated , served suffix; result qaa 1 a. when qaa 9999 y met in near future, second alphabetical sequence reset , first alphabetical sequence advance; qab 1 outcome.

since 2011, several more divisions have exhausted respective qdx #### formats. in july 2013, sibu , mukah divisions began issuing qs #### x plates after qsy 9999 reached. followed miri division, began using qm #### x format since 20 august 2015, after qmy 9999 reached. since 19 may 2016, deputy minister of transport introduced v kuala lumpur, there possibility kuching, sibu , miri divisions current algorithm number plates may supplemented introducing previously-unused letters ensure suffix-less registrations become norm.

sarawak registration plates qaa, qs , qm popular in johor johor bahru due similarity singaporean qx , qy registration series. (unusually, malaysia permits registrants select other regional codes though have no connection other state.)

the government of sarawak equip vehicles unique qsg prefix.

history of sarawakian registration numbers
pre-1991

before formation of federation of malaysia in 1963, sarawak s vehicle number plates distinguished ndx (n = number, d = division, x = alphabet) prefixes represented 5 administrative divisions in sarawak, followed number sequence ranged 1 9999; example 1dx #### 1st division, present-day kuching division.

during 1970s, sarikei division , kapit division formed , split 3rd division become 6th , 7th divisions, , therefore assigned 6d , 7d prefixes respectively. 1980s, original 1d , 5d prefixes had been gradually exhausted passing of time , replaced single-lettered prefixes similar of peninsular malaysia. 6d , 7d prefixes continued used 1991.

however, sarawakian number plates prefixes conflicted of several states in peninsular malaysia, brunei , singapore. example, k prefix kuching division in sarawak conflicted k prefix kedah in peninsular malaysia , kuala belait in brunei. in response, malaysian road transport department amended vehicle registration plate regulations in 1988 introducing constant suffix q sarawakian number plates; example kx #### q kuching division.

post-1991

in 1991, new format adopted in suffix q moved front of sequence in sarawakian number plates. result qk 1 extended qky 9999. when change took place, sg prefix sarawakian government vehicles had been exhausted , x later placed in front of q suffix, resulting in format read sg #### xq. kuching division registration plates numerous in sarawak , kt #### q series issued halfway when new qk prefix enforced. qa prefix later replaced qk prefix kuching division.