Inten rejects parking plan

Inten rejects parking plan

JAKARTA (JP): Minister for Social Services Inten Soeweno has flatly rejected the idea of offering prizes to motorists who pay official parking tickets issued by the city parking authority, BP Parkir.

Inten said, "Even without parking their cars people can easily buy parking tickets," the daily Post Kota reported yesterday.

She acknowledged that without the state SDSB lottery, banned in November 1993, her ministry is suffering from a lack of funds.

"True, the banning of the lottery was a big blow for my office, and we have yet to seek an alternative to cope with the problem," Inten said.

She said she only read in the newspapers about BP Parkir's parking-with-prize plan. "I have never been contacted by a private company which will, reportedly, manage the plan under the supervision of BP Parkir." (bas)