Puduraya Terminal - 500% service charge increase

Traders at Puduraya Terminal question rationale for 500% service charge increase

By TAN KARR WEI
karrwei@thestar.com.my

TRADERS at the Puduraya Terminal are puzzled as to why their service charge has been increased by 500% after the renovation.
Puduraya Terminal Tenants and Traders Association chairman Sabarudin Ab Razak, 57, said they used to pay RM713 for rental and RM387.50 for service charge before the terminal was renovated.
“Now, the rental has been reduced to RM365 but the service charge increased to RM2,482,” said Sabarudin, who has been trading at the terminal for more than 30 years.

Sabarudin and three other committee members were present at the UDA Holdings Bhd office in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, to voice their concerns to the management.
Abu Bakar Mohd Tap, 52, who has been running a photocopy shop there for about five years, said even though their rental was reduced, they were now paying much more to rent the units in Puduraya.
Sabarudin said the terminal was upgraded for the use of the public and should not be compared with a shopping complex.
“We don’t get the kind of volume that they do.
“There used to be bank and a post office in Puduraya which brought in more people. We hope the two businesses would operate again here,” he said.
Sabarudin said even though no decision was made, they were pleased with the outcome of the meeting because the management was willing to listen to them.
UDA Holdings Bhd declined to comment on the issue because the meeting was only a preliminary discussion with the traders.