Prize parking system opposed

Prize parking system opposed

JAKARTA (JP): City Secretary Harun Al Rasyid said over the weekend that the city administration did not favor the prize parking system proposed by private companies as a means of improving parking in the city.

"The city administration wants to cooperate with the private companies in the parking business, but not under the prize system," he said.

Introducing the prize system would only lead the public to gamble, as in the case of the recently-banned SDSB (Philanthropic donation with prizes) system, he said.

The proposal came from PT Ikabina Karya Sukses and three other companies. The idea behind the proposed prize system is that of encouraging motorists to insist on getting receipts from parking attendants, thereby making it easier for the authorities to monitor the revenues collected from parking.

Ikabina reportedly offered to contribute Rp 25.9 billion of the parking fees it collected each year to the administration. That amount is greater than the total revenue collected by the city-owned parking agency, BP Parkir, during the 1994/1995 fiscal year, which ended on March 31. BP Parkir collected Rp 14.6 billion. (31)