Shop owners file protest

Shop owners file protest

JAKARTA (JP): Shop owners at the Glodok Plaza shopping complex
in West Jakarta filed a protest on Friday against the complex's
management, PT Multi Plaza Properties (PT MPP), over parking,
sanitation and security fees.

An executive of the Association of Glodok Plaza Shop and Shop-
House Owners, Hendrik, was quoted by Suara Pembaruan daily on
Sunday as saying the shop owners would soon take over the
management of the parking because PT MPP had repeatedly refused
to meet the owners' demands.

Also, the shop owners already have building use certificates,
meaning they also have authority over the parking lots at the
plaza, Hendrik said.

He said the shop owners had for more than 10 years obeyed the
company's rules, although the parking fees they were charged were
burdensome.

A shop owner with one car, for example, is charged Rp 75,000
per month by PT MPP. For two cars, the fee is Rp 135,000 per
month.

"The parking fee for a motorcycle is also set at between Rp
60,000 per month for one motorcycle and Rp 135,000 for two," he
said.

Monthly sanitation and security fees are set by PT MPP at Rp
125,000 per shop.

The traders said they had reported the case to the West
Jakarta Mayoralty Office, which has supported in principal the
shop owners' plan to take over the management of the parking
lots.(ind)