DAP SANDAKAN were informed by the public that MPS (Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan) have embarked on a concerted effort to collect outstanding parking fee in the Municipality tracing back as far back as 10 years ago or more. This sudden new found crackdown really annoyed the public here, not from not wanting to pay but baffled by the lack of common sense on the part of MPS trying to trace that far back. Many have conceded they are hard done by this because no one in the right mind would keep a parking receipt for 10 years or more. So there is no way to dispute MPS letter of demand for payment.
This shambles once again shows MPS not owning up to their own administrative shortcoming but trying to put the onus of proof on none payment of parking fee with the public. Can MPS assured that their own records keeping it selves are impeccable and beyond questions? I would like to suggest MPS should spend more time in figuring how they could improve on the present collection method in order to reduce the yearly bad debt to an acceptable percentage.
I was once denied the transfer of vehicle ownership by JPJ Sandakan unless I can produce a clearance from MPS showing I had cleared all my parking due. Why this simple procedure is not in place anymore?
According to MPS, the first step taken for the recover is to accrue all outstanding due to the present vehicle owner and it is up to him to dispute the amount. I view this collection methodology is totally unacceptable.
What happen if you are the present 3rd or 4th owner, then according to MPS, you have to show MPS the ownership card so as to enable them to re-establish the period of liability and re-apportion the arrear again to the respective owner. I think this is one big waste of times for everyone, MPS included.
For this exercise, what is the amount MPS hope to rope in? Previously, if MPS were willing to forgo up to 80% under those numerous amnesties then why make this one such a pain for the public. This is what I call “MPS’s 10 years sucker-punch”.
I have recently highlighted and asked why MPS need to pay Rm25,000.00 per month for 10 years beginning November 2006 to the Joint Venture Developers for taking over about 110 parking bays in front of the New Sandakan Central Market. And why not let the developer manage it at the same rate as charged by MPS?
However, YB Datuk Raymond Tan, DCM and Assemblyman for Tanjong Papat, in his recent newspaper reports, when asked, claimed he was not aware of such payment and will investigate. To date, the Sandakan rate payers has yet to have an answer from him as to reason whether such a huge monthly payment is justifiable and also to provide the amount MPS collected from those parking bays on a monthly basis since November 2006 of which he agreed to do so.
I hope the DCM and President of MPS will come clean on this matter as there is a complete lack of accountability and transparency in the running of the Local Municipality.
This shambles once again shows MPS not owning up to their own administrative shortcoming but trying to put the onus of proof on none payment of parking fee with the public. Can MPS assured that their own records keeping it selves are impeccable and beyond questions? I would like to suggest MPS should spend more time in figuring how they could improve on the present collection method in order to reduce the yearly bad debt to an acceptable percentage.
I was once denied the transfer of vehicle ownership by JPJ Sandakan unless I can produce a clearance from MPS showing I had cleared all my parking due. Why this simple procedure is not in place anymore?
According to MPS, the first step taken for the recover is to accrue all outstanding due to the present vehicle owner and it is up to him to dispute the amount. I view this collection methodology is totally unacceptable.
What happen if you are the present 3rd or 4th owner, then according to MPS, you have to show MPS the ownership card so as to enable them to re-establish the period of liability and re-apportion the arrear again to the respective owner. I think this is one big waste of times for everyone, MPS included.
For this exercise, what is the amount MPS hope to rope in? Previously, if MPS were willing to forgo up to 80% under those numerous amnesties then why make this one such a pain for the public. This is what I call “MPS’s 10 years sucker-punch”.
I have recently highlighted and asked why MPS need to pay Rm25,000.00 per month for 10 years beginning November 2006 to the Joint Venture Developers for taking over about 110 parking bays in front of the New Sandakan Central Market. And why not let the developer manage it at the same rate as charged by MPS?
However, YB Datuk Raymond Tan, DCM and Assemblyman for Tanjong Papat, in his recent newspaper reports, when asked, claimed he was not aware of such payment and will investigate. To date, the Sandakan rate payers has yet to have an answer from him as to reason whether such a huge monthly payment is justifiable and also to provide the amount MPS collected from those parking bays on a monthly basis since November 2006 of which he agreed to do so.
I hope the DCM and President of MPS will come clean on this matter as there is a complete lack of accountability and transparency in the running of the Local Municipality.
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