The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will be giving three months free parking to hybrid cars purchased in the city next year, according to a Star report. PJ mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said this was one of the green initiatives that MBPJ was implementing.
“Hybrid-car buyers will be given free parking passes for three months to park anywhere in Petaling Jaya. We are extending the scheme to people who are not Petaling Jaya residents, as long as they have bought their car from a car dealer in Petaling Jaya,” the mayor explained.
While it’s a welcome, albeit temporary, benefit for would be owners of the Honda Insight, CR-Z, Toyota Prius and Lexus hybrid models, I’m sure many PJ residents and workers would agree that finding a parking spot in the first place is the more painful task.
In Budget 2012, PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that incentives given to hybrid cars have been extended till 31 December 2013. The incentives in question are full import duty and excise duty exemption for hybrid and electric cars and motorcycles.
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most wil think free double parking !
haha i gonna replace double AA battery in my engine, it state as mini hybrid
Mayor on a payroll from PJ dealers?
so does porsche cayenne hybrid qualify for this also?
Fully support the Pakatan Rakyat state govt!!!
ala PRU is coming soon… normal lah… btw only rich people lor they give free parking.. those still driving kancil still have to pay…. if that you call adil… hermmm
it should extend to 1 year at least. 3 months is nothing actually. Im sure once proton has it hybrid or electric cars on sale. u will see the goverment giving more support to proton.
Free parking??
Full import duty and excise duty exemption for hybrid and electric cars and motorcycles. But still expensive than other country.
Wonder how they will know if the car is bought in PJ?
hahah i think compulsory for user use plate number from dealer
Park Anywhere? Only on those street parking lots managed by MBPJ or inclusive of those covered lots in any building? This initiative is going to be another laughing stock, just wait for the complaints to surface on the newspapers, haha!
For me is a completely stupid idea. First of all how much is MBPJ parking? 0.60¢ per hour? RM1 per hour? What’s that for hybrid owners? Better just collect these money and improve our city condition. Go and clean up our drain if you got nothing to do by coming up with this stupid idea.
can’t imagine someone will buy a hybrid just for the sake of this free parking..hehe,,good initiative though..at least they’re doing something to encourage peoples to buy hybrid cars..
its a good idea, but the 3 month thing is a little strange. in london, a full EV gets free parking for life, now thats a real incentive.
They should offer saman free too
this is a good move by the local gomen, but my wishlist include euro4 or 5 diesel, that should make the environment greener. recently the transport minister mentioned the oil companies are not yet ready… but gomen is the one calling the shots, not the oil companies. just ask who is running the country…. gomen or oil companies? simple logic also cannot decide….aiyoh, then why shud we continue supporting this undecisive gomen?
how do you know which car bought from PJ?
see number plate!!!
Hello…since when PJ have their own number plate? They are under Selangor number plate la which is B. Even if they have, in Malaysia you can register anywhere you like even if you bought your car from other state.
Long live petrols and diesels!
Treehuggers can rot in the moss!
Government should have offer discount to all tolls & roadtax
I think free petrol, free road tax and insurance will be better.
I support u ts
LOL….It would be nice but nothing is free in this world…..
free parking for all average people that work their ass day in day out to feed the family
not just for people who can afford expensive car
What about buying a Saga with NGV pre install, is it eligible?
ala buy Myvi then put sticker ‘MyVi SE hybrid’ at the back sure can get free parking hehe
Obviously fake hybrids don’t count.
too bad Proton doesnt have Hybrid, only a wayang2 version called Emas.
They should give free parking to drivers with cars worth less than RM20,000. :-)
It is easy, just issue a card valid for 3 months and display that card on the windscreen. You have to display your ticket on the windscreen after you paid RM0.60, dont you? It is elementary, dear readers.
If you want to buy, then buy. Most commentors here dont own any hybrid….