Exorbitant parking fees

Exorbitant parking fees

From Warta Kota

A few days ago, this newspaper carried a news story about the high parking fees at the Metropolitan Mall and Hero Supermarket in Bekasi.

Interestingly, the parking management in these two places raised the fee by Rp 500 per hour shortly after this news story was run, therefore making Bekasi the second most expensive place to park with only Soekarno-Hatta International Airport being more expensive.

As a regular user of the parking grounds at these two supermarkets, I'm confused about which regulation prevails in this respect: the bylaw of the Bekasi mayoralty or the regulation of the supermarket/mall management?

It is a pity that the Bekasi legislative council does not seem to pay attention to this matter and prefers to concern itself with the 0.5 percent of the proceeds from parking activities -- which the councillors claim is rightfully theirs.

In this respect, the Bekasi mayoralty must not be discriminatory. They take stern action against street vendors but have no guts against unfair practices of parking management at supermarkets/malls.

ANDI IRWANTO

Jakarta