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Found this from a website: Anyone has any solution? I had encountered my fair share of fines too. But the worst of all is the parking fine imposed on my father. His work requires him to use lorry (not those huge lorry) for delivery. But becos of the height restriction, he was unable to enter multi-storey carpark to park his vehicle, so he needs to park in the Loading/Unloading bay below his HDB flat. Otherwise, he has to park at a heavy vehicle park which is 2km away. When my dad first shifted from a HDB estate with open-space carpark to an area with only multi-storey carpark, he tried the old way of parking his vehicle, by parking at the Loading/Unloading bay and displaying parking coupons and subsequently a season parking coupon. However, on those occasions, he was fined $100 for each offence. We were lucky that the HDB officer was willing to waive it after hearing our story. Then on one fine (pun intended) Sunday, my dad got fined again. We wrote a letter in to HDB to explain that it was a Sunday afternoon and that 90% of the HDB carpark would be free parking. But it was rejected and the response fails to show any understanding and compassion. Then during a MP visiting day, one of the MP from my GRC visited my flat and I highlighted this issue to the MP. Below is a summary of my highlight:- 1) My dad bought a HDB flat, he went home to take a break and he got fined. Even with season parking coupon, also cannot. 2) Why Sunday also got fine when most HDB carpark is free? 3) $100 is more than my dad

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