Illegal parking on private property

Talk Around Town (11-12-2005) Parks should be accessible to everybody by Trung Hieu My cousin Bien, who lives close to Thong Nhat Park, was straight-faced when he told me the park had become his own private property. "I don't have to pay an entrance fee," he said. He was joking of course, but he was making an interesting point: park staff do not collect fees from familiar faces who come to the park regularly. Strangers, however, must pay to get in. As a result, Thong Nhat has effectively become a private park for nearby residents, creating an injustice for the people of the city. The Director of the Thong Nhat Park Company, Nguyen Trung Kien, said the municipality stipulates the park wardens must waive entrance fees for the elderly, disabled people and teenagers before 8am and from 4pm to 7pm. Everyone else must pay the fees - VND2,000 for an adult and VND1,000 for a child. Entrance fees, coupled with the park's high, iron fence, have made the park an "exclusive zone". According to … [Read more...] about Parks should be accessible to everybody