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Parking men paid twice minimum wage
The monthly salary of attendants operating parking meters on Jl
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he monthly salary of attendants operating parking meters on Jl. Sabang in Central Jakarta is twice the regional minimum wage, according to a city official.
Head of the Transportation Agency's parking unit Sunardi Sinaga said that the city administration paid the attendants well so as to deter them from accepting bribes from motorists.
'The parking attendants' salary is twice Jakarta's minimum wage, more than Rp 4 million [US$330]. This means that they must work hard and work honestly,' Sunardi said as quoted by wartakotalive.com.
Currently, Jakarta's minimum wage is set at Rp 2.4 million.
'If I find any of them slacking off or accepting illegal levies, they will be fired immediately. We can easily hire someone else to operate the parking meters,' Sunardi said.
