Channel NewsAsia - 1 hour 31 minutes
ago
SINGAPORE: A market at the Sin Ming estate started free
lunchtime parking in May last year, reaping in a 25 percent
increase in business.
Prior to having free parking, business at the Shun Fu market had
seen a steady decline for the past seven years because it is
located off the main roads and has narrow lanes where buses cannot
enter.
But with free lunchtime parking from noon to 2pm, Mondays to Saturdays, business
has improved tremendously.
There will be free parking at the market for the next three
months as their agreement with the Housing and Development Board
has been extended to May 2008.
Two other shopping centres on Defu Lane and Taman Jurong have
free lunchtime parking as well. — CNA/so