MCC/RATES

Tarikh: 19/12/2007 [RABU]

The Miri City Mayor, Dato Wee Han Wen has announced that the assessment rates collection is the major revenue collection of the Miri City Council (MCC).

He says the total collection from assessment rates as at to-date was 28.3 million ringgit compared to 27.2 million rinngit on last year.

Dato' Wee said this during this year last session of full council meeting, in Miri today.

He said the annual collection compared to the expected yield is 93.3 percent which the department has also recovered 2.23 million ringgit from the outstanding assessment rates owed by various property owners.

Dato' disclosed that proactive approach taken by the MCC Rating and Valuation Department such as setting up assessment rates collection counters at major shopping complexes in the city during the peak collection period, aggressive publicity, providing additional options for paying bills like using credit card through banking have produced good results.

During the meeting, Dato' Wee also explained that the Car Park Control Division has managed to increase its parking fees collection at end of last month to 3.8 million ringgit compared 3.5 million rinnggit during the same period on last year.

He reiterated that apart from improving the revenue collection, the council will give in service trainings to the parking wardens so as to provide quality service and greater courtesy to their customers.

Dato' Wee commended and grateful to the good co-operation by property owners in Miri to fulfilling their obligation by paying out assessment rates in time.