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Jun 21, 2010

HDB carpark crunch

HDB tries to ensure sufficient spaces but these may not always be close to person's block

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<!-- end left side bar --> HDB residents have experienced a shortage of parking spaces despite buying season tickets. --ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN

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IT IS the HDB residents' bugbear: You have a season parking ticket, but there is not a carpark space in sight when you return home late at night.
Exasperated at not finding a space in the carpark near his Tampines Street 84 flat, handyman Yazied Arsad, 32, resorted to parking his van in a handicapped space or outside designated spots.
Over the past 18 months, he has flouted parking rules no fewer than 25 times, accumulating $1,260 in fines. 'Why should I pay? I have been buying my season parking ticket monthly, but I just can't find a space sometimes,' he said.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of the Straits Times.http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_543326.html
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he can either dont buy season parking, use overnight parking coupons instead. or, he can try his luck, dont pay for parking at all.