Prime Minister’s daughter, Nurul Izzah has called for better parking spaces in shopping malls after many riders complained about the lack of space and inconvenience it caused.
In a statement issued to the media including to BusinessToday, the former Permatang Pauh MP said gig workers are part of the nation’s backbone, and food delivery riders risk their lives daily on the road to ensure our orders are delivered on time.
Due to the nature of their job, they are met with numerous challenges, which include having to enter shopping malls up to even 10 times daily to collect food from the numerous outlets inside.
However, the biggest problem she said is for them to park their motorcycles adding that each time they enter a particular mall, they have to pay parking fees and this can be very burdensome for them. To save costs, they often park their motorcycles along the roads outside the mall while they dash in to collect their deliveries.
This poses two problems: Traffic congestion as their motorcycles may obstruct the road Summons by the police and also the respective municipal council which could reach huge amounts
She noted that these riders are mostly Malays and do not come from well-to-do families. Some riders are sometimes issued with two to three summons a day and a bulk of their income goes for this.
Recently she commented a group of delivery riders in Permatang Pauh met her and asked to help them with their parking woes at the Sunway Carnival Mall. They had been asking the management for a designated parking area but had been unsuccessful. I had to do something as they desperately needed assistance.
A solution was found as the mall has since agreed to provide special parking spaces for delivery riders to carry out their work without any issues.
