Parking body's performance rebuked

Parking body's performance rebuked

JAKARTA: Chairwoman of the City Council's Commission C for
economic affairs Ana Rudhiantina questioned on Monday the poor
performance of the City Parking Body (BP Parkir) in collecting
overdue parking fines.

"Until July of this year, the parking body only reached 25
percent of its target," Ana from the Golkar Party told reporters
at a hearing.

She said the parking body was only able to collect Rp 7
million from its total target of Rp 28 billion.

Meanwhile, the parking body's deputy chairman, Saritua
Siagian, blamed the many parking attendants who fear layoffs from
the use of computers in collecting fines.

"They are afraid that they will lose their job if the program
was fully put into effect," Saritua said at the hearing.

The city administration began cooperating with several private
companies in managing parking areas on and off the street this
year by implementing computerized programs.--JP