 In response, the Malaysian Road Transport Department amended vehicle registration plate regulations in 1988 by introducing a constant suffix "Q" for all Sarawakian number plates; an example would be "Kx #### Q" for Kuching Division.In 1991, a new format was adopted in which the suffix "Q" was moved to the front of the sequence in all Sarawakian number plates.The result is "QK 1" which extended to "QKY 9999".