Parking policy at plaza protested<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Owners of Prisma Kedoya Plaza's shop\/houses in
\nWest Jakarta went to the City Council yesterday to protest the
\nnew parking policy imposed by the developer requiring them and
\nvisitors to pay a parking fee starting on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
\"The owner of the plaza, PT Prisma Agung Realty (PT PAR), has
\nsingle-handedly decided to collect parking fees from us and
\nvisitors though they don't have a proper permit from the city
\nadministration,\" said Sudijono, who represents around 20 other
\nowners, at a hearing session with the City Council's Commission D
\non development.<\/p>\n
The owners have not paid any parking fees since they occupied
\nthe shop\/houses in 1990.<\/p>\n
Sudijono said that the new policy has forced many people to
\npay the fee or park their vehicles outside the shop\/house
\ncomplex. This holds up traffic along area streets.<\/p>\n
Some of the owners' representatives then decided to meet with
\nthe management of PT PAR. They found out that the company had not
\nsubmitted a proposal on collecting the fees to the municipal
\nadministration until Sept. 15.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, Sudijono said that the representatives
\nasked the management to postpone the policy at least until it has
\na permit, to free the shop\/house owners and the people who work
\nat the complex from paying the fees.<\/p>\n
\"We also demand that the company fulfill their commitment to
\nproviding the buyers with spacious parking area as promised
\nbecause that was the reason we bought the shop\/houses,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sudijono said that the company rejected their proposals.<\/p>\n
Under the policy, motorists have to pay Rp 500 (U.S. 22 cents)
\nfor the first two hours and Rp 300 for each following hour, while
\nmotorcyclists have to pay Rp 300 for the first two hours and Rp
\n200 for each following hour.<\/p>\n
Unrest<\/p>\n
Sudijono said the parking fees have created unrest because
\nmany people whose offices are located in the shop\/house complex
\nsay they are too high.<\/p>\n
\"The policy threatens the employees' morale, thus their
\nproductivity, because they are not reimbursed for the parking
\nfee,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sudijono is a personnel manager for PT Arnan Pratama
\nConsultant, which has occupied a shop\/house there since 1990.<\/p>\n
Sudijono asked the Chairman of Commission D, Bandjar Marpaung,
\nto stop the company from applying the policy because it does not
\nhave the proper license. He also urged the commission to persuade
\nthe company to give the owners and the people who worked inside
\nthe complex a special sticker for free parking.<\/p>\n
Bandjar replied that the commission will summon PT PAR's
\nmanagement for a thorough discussion of the matter because their
\npolicy is inappropriate.<\/p>\n
Ali Wongso Halomoan Sinaga, a commission member from the
\nruling Golkar faction, pledged that he will urge the municipal
\nadministration to examine the case. (mas)<\/p>",
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