Comments on: What’s To Become Of Gurney Drive http://www.danielykl.com/blog/2009/07/02/what-is-going-to-become-of-gurney-drive/ ...in the Lions' Den Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: danielykl http://www.danielykl.com/blog/2009/07/02/what-is-going-to-become-of-gurney-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6279 danielykl Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:48:46 +0000 http://www.danielykl.com/blog/?p=2482#comment-6279 Hi Ong. I agree with you on the difficulty in finding the car park attendants in Pg. Yes. it' s very frustrating especially when you are in a hurry to go somewhere or do something. Some attendant will write a ticket for you and then disappeared on their bike to God knows where. Another thing is you have to look at the time when you park and when you leave. These attendants will overcharged you by 1/2 hour or an hour for their own pocket money. I know its just 30 or 40 sen but then we will encourage them to prey on others who are not bothered. Hi Ong. I agree with you on the difficulty in finding the car park attendants in Pg. Yes. it’ s very frustrating especially when you are in a hurry to go somewhere or do something. Some attendant will write a ticket for you and then disappeared on their bike to God knows where. Another thing is you have to look at the time when you park and when you leave. These attendants will overcharged you by 1/2 hour or an hour for their own pocket money. I know its just 30 or 40 sen but then we will encourage them to prey on others who are not bothered.

]]> By: K S Ong http://www.danielykl.com/blog/2009/07/02/what-is-going-to-become-of-gurney-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 K S Ong Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:06:50 +0000 http://www.danielykl.com/blog/?p=2482#comment-6278 For some reasons, we have not been to Gurney Drive since the new hawker centre was completed. My wife\'s decision depended on whether it was the last Sunday of the month when there is Little Penang Street Market, her wish to look at any good bargains at the antique shops in Chulia Street and/or her crave for Penang or Siamese laksa! But our usual complaint seems to be the difficulty in finding the car park attendant when you need to pay! We do not have this problem with illegal jaga kereta and how we wish they carry out their work like those in Penang! The parking charges of 30 or 40 sen per half hour is reasonable but being from out of town, we are usually in a hurry to go back. For the sake of paying, do we waste time and petrol going round looking for them? We had even paid a shop assistant nearby who promised to pay for us. If the local authorities were to be strict with going after those who did not pay those meagre sums, then it would put off local tourists if my feeling on this matter is anything to go by. I hope Penang local government would revamp the parking system once and for all. Please think of the visitors\' convenience and they would be grateful and come back again and again. For some reasons, we have not been to Gurney Drive since the new hawker centre was completed. My wife\’s decision depended on whether it was the last Sunday of the month when there is Little Penang Street Market, her wish to look at any good bargains at the antique shops in Chulia Street and/or her crave for Penang or Siamese laksa!

But our usual complaint seems to be the difficulty in finding the car park attendant when you need to pay! We do not have this problem with illegal jaga kereta and how we wish they carry out their work like those in Penang! The parking charges of 30 or 40 sen per half hour is reasonable but being from out of town, we are usually in a hurry to go back. For the sake of paying, do we waste time and petrol going round looking for them? We had even paid a shop assistant nearby who promised to pay for us. If the local authorities were to be strict with going after those who did not pay those meagre sums, then it would put off local tourists if my feeling on this matter is anything to go by.

I hope Penang local government would revamp the parking system once and for all. Please think of the visitors\’ convenience and they would be grateful and come back again and again.

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