City official questions prize-parking system<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City Secretary Harun Al Rasyid expressed concern
\nyesterday over the poor knowledge on the part of private
\ncompanies interested in handling the city's parking business
\nunder the prize system.<\/p>\n
\"All the proposals they submitted to the city administration
\ndeal with prizes they offer to car owners. They focus only on the
\namount of revenues, which will be given to the city
\nadministration,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said the proposals failed to explain the other aspects of
\nparking in the city, such as traffic and security. \"Parking in
\nthe city is not only about revenues, it has social functions
\ntoo,\" Harun said.<\/p>\n
He explained that there should be clear concepts on parking
\nmanagement, including its function as part of traffic control,
\nand the security aspect.<\/p>\n
\"The proposals the companies submitted have not yet been
\ncalculated carefully and there is a big question on how the
\nsystem will enable both the city administration and the company
\nto earn a profit,\" Harun said.<\/p>\n
He said the city administration is still reviewing proposals
\nfrom city-owned parking authority BP Parkir, private company PT
\nIkabina Karya Sukses and two other private firms, who are
\nnewcomers in the bidding, to manage the parking business with
\nprizes. Harun refused to name the two other companies.<\/p>\n
The city secretary questioned the prize system offered by the
\ncompanies and its affect on the people because the implementation
\nof the system could encourage the public to buy parking tickets
\njust to win the prizes.<\/p>\n
Private companies made bids to manage the city's parking
\nfacilities after BP Parkir failed to fulfill expectations amid
\nallegations that part of the parking fees collected by the city-
\nowned company had been misappropriated.<\/p>\n
Out of the 19 private companies submitting proposals to manage
\nthe parking facilities, 18 withdrew their bids earlier this year.<\/p>\n
PT Ikabina Karya Sukses is the only bidder of the initial 19
\nto propose the prize-parking system. The company claims that its
\nproposed prize-parking system would contribute Rp 25.9 billion
\n(US$11.77 million) to the city administration every year if
\napproved.<\/p>\n
The amount is greater than the revenues collected by BP
\nParkir, which is burdened with \"leaks\" in its financial
\nmanagement. The municipality set a Rp 14.6 billion revenue target
\nfrom parking fees in the 1994\/95 fiscal year, which ended on
\nMarch 31. Over the first the nine months of the year, BP Parkir
\nmanaged to collect only Rp 9 billion. (yns)<\/p>",
"url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/city-official-questions-prize-parking-system-1447893297",
"image": ""
},
"sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
"sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}