It was the Dutch company who got the job of producing the new plates,what they are refering to here is a factory was set up with all the machines and stocked up with everything and they did not get the contract here in the pi. And now it looks like all the aluminium has been nicked.
This is the key point. They'll promise anything to get their hands on that money. As we all know. Get your sh*t up front because service declines considerably once the money has been paid.
Just wait until the military asks for their budget. The navy will promise it could destroy China in 2 days.
I got that once when I renewed my license in the old LTO office. Fixed it all, paid and submitted the documents. "For a while sir, we are offline. Please sit down and wait". I wait. And wait. After 30 min I ask how it's going. "Sorry sir, we are still offline". Wait and wait again. After one hour I again ask. "Sorry sir, we are still offline". I then ask when they expect to be back online. "Sorry sir, we don't know". So, I ask "How long has you been offline then?", "Oh sir, since last Wednesday". Palmface moment.
Probably sold back to LTO... if it meets there specification requirements... but most likely will not if stolen from them.
Manila -Nineteen employees of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Central Office in Quezon City, were removed from their posts because of the stolen metal plates for manufacturing number plates.The metal plates worth 4.5 million PHP were stolen during the Easter holidays and reported the theft on Monday the police.The LTO spokesman Jason Salvador says that the theft was probably an inside job.We have asked the Quezon City Police and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for help, says Salvador.The theft is the latest LTO confrontation against the criticized total 3.8 billion expensive vehicle registration standardization program.MIB 04/01/2016 - 2:45
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't stealing government property a crime? What ya wanna bet these employees file a case against the LTO for unlawful dismissal? Then again, being "removed from their posts" does not necessarily mean they were fired or let go.
Too often that means promoted, given a raise, and moved to another location. It is easier to promote bums out of your office than to fire them.