All polys to charge HDB parking rates
31 Jul 2017
The Straits Times, 29 Jul 2017 - Article mentioned that all five polytechnics will start charging staff for parking on their premises from October according to HDB carpark rates. This means season parking will be at $80 for surface spaces and $110 for sheltered spaces a month. Currently, some of the polytechnics give their staff free parking or charged them subsidised rates. The new parking rates are to comply with the Public Service's clean wage policy, following the Audit- General's Office report two years ago which found that some educational institutions did not impose charges or imposed below market rate charges for use of their carparks. Mr Liew Hui Sing, SP’s aeronautical engineering course chair who drives to work, shared that staff will take the changes in their stride as those working in the private sector are also paying for parking. Similar story was reported in The New Paper.