City Hall not informed about parking management<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Governor's office is not well
\ninformed about the cooperation between private firms and other
\ncompanies in managing parking lots, a city official said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Prawoto S. Danoemihardjo, the city's assistant secretary for
\neconomic and development affairs, said he was surprised to hear
\nprivate companies managed parking lots owned by other firms.<\/p>\n
\"The practice is illegal. It also makes unclear the
\ncalculation of fees paid to the city. So far the city only
\ncooperates directly with firms that own parking lots,\" he said.
\n\"I will check this out\".<\/p>\n
Prawoto was responding to the confusion in a city council
\nmeeting Tuesday about the management of parking lots.<\/p>\n
Despite Prawoto's statements, 31 private companies, including
\nHero, Plaza Senayan and Kartika Chandra, have been cooperating
\nwith PT Securindo Packatama Indonesia in the management of their
\nparking lots.<\/p>\n
Securindo head of business development Chiko said the company
\nhad cooperated with the City Parking Office for four years.<\/p>\n
\"We pay 25 percent of our gross revenues according to rules,\"
\nChiko said, adding the company was not involved in calculating
\nthe fees.<\/p>\n
\"We pay whatever is calculated by the City Parking Office,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
However, he declined to respond to councilors' accusations
\nSecurindo had sold unauthorized parking tickets.<\/p>\n
In a City Council inter-commission meeting on Tuesday,
\ncouncilor Lukman F. Mokoginta of Commission D for city
\ndevelopment said the municipality should further regulate the
\nmanagement of private car parks in accordance with 1994
\ngubernatorial decree no. 201.<\/p>\n
The decree states all companies which own parking lots must
\npay 25 percent of their gross income to the City Parking office.<\/p>\n
Lukman had said the commission had questioned PT Securindo's
\npractice of managing 14 car parks with a permit in the company's
\nowner's name and 17 in the company's name.<\/p>\n
Lukman had said operating under different permits could lead
\nto one company monopolizing the market.<\/p>\n
He said PT Securindo had also violated the decree by selling
\nunauthorized parking tickets.<\/p>\n
The decree states all parking tickets must bear logos issued
\nby the municipality as proof of authorization.<\/p>\n
In the Tuesday meeting, the head of the City Parking Office
\nSumaryono said the office would urge the owner to have all the
\ncar parks under PT Securindo's permit.<\/p>\n
\"The office will not revoke the company's permit, given that
\nit has paid its contribution,\" Sumaryono said.<\/p>\n
The parking office sets an annual revenue target. Last year,
\nthe target was Rp 5 billion (US$2,1 million) which was easily
\nmet.<\/p>\n
But Lukman said the agency's target was too low.<\/p>\n
\"The office could collect close to Rp 100 billion from private
\nparking management if the control system was improved.\"<\/p>\n
Talking about the irregularities some officials committed, he
\ncalled on the government to use an online computer system to
\ncount parking spots and work out revenue targets.<\/p>\n
Now, the agency watches a car park for a week each year to
\nestimate its revenue. (ste\/02)<\/p>",
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