HDB, URA hand car park enforcement over to private service providers
SINGAPORE : Enforcement functions at Housing and Development Board and the Urban Redevelopment Authority car parks will be handled by private service providers from August.
The HDB and URA said this was in line with the Government's direction for public agencies to focus on their core businesses and to outsource the other functions to the private sector.
The outsourcing exercise will affect 356 staff from HDB and 102 from URA.
They will leave under the Special Resignation Scheme for officers made redundant due to restructuring within the Public Service.
Their last day will be on July 31st.
The two agencies have been working closely with the staff unions, NTUC, Singapore Workforce Development Agency and self-help groups to find suitable alternative employment for the affected staff.
Job fairs were held in May to allow them to meet potential employers.
Many had also taken up retraining programmes sponsored by HDB and URA.
The HDB said its earlier exercise of outsourcing 30 percent of its carpark enforcement function two years ago showed the private sector can carry it out efficiently and effectively.
It will outsource the remaining 70 percent to The Commercial & Industrial Security Corporation or CISCO and SembCorp Environment Management Pte Limited.
URA has awarded its contract to United Premas Ltd.
There will be no change in parking charges or parking fines.
And while the service providers will issue the parking offence notices, HDB and the URA will continue to follow up with the issuing of formal notices to affected motorists for settling parking fees and handle all enquiries, payments and appeals. - CNA /ch
sgboy2004
today is their last day
then the new private ones will be more on the ball ... then more pple will kena "summon"
sgboy2004
tot the govt encouraging more jobs...and yet they are the ones who cut jobs... simi theory???
dragg
what is the government trying to prove?
retrench, outsource...
do anything and everything to cut cost but continue to pay themselves big bucks.
the whole market is full of unemployed people.
sgboy2004
outsource is the buzz word now...haiz. tat topid word "kill" so many pple
sgboy2004
btw, is this the "retribution" for the pple who book pple last time???
OldAhPek
ask them go and die la gahmen outsource to earn $$ next time i cannot park my bike with day/night coupon already all will be cash card deducted very siong... very expensive