Taxi firms must meet conditions before growing fleet
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Taxi companies' fleet growth will now be subject to them having met certain conditions, following changes to the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament on Monday. The growth will still be capped at the current 2 per cent that has been in place since last year when the framework was introduced. But from January, the maximum number of new licences issued by the Land Transport Authority will be linked to the companies fulfilling minimum standards relating to taxi availability during peak hours, and on the roads in general. Mr Ang Hin Kee (Ang Mo Kio GRC), one of two MPs who rose to speak on the Bill's amendments, pointed out that there were concerns that operators were "fully passing on the taxi availability framework to taxi drivers". "For drivers who are unable to meet this standard, they may have their hiring agreement terminated or penalties imposed by the operator," said Mr Ang, an adviser to the National Taxi Association. " Taxi hirers are under immense pressure and many struggle to look for relief drivers to assist them." Responding, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said taxi companies too had a role in helping their drivers meet the standards. "I... urge them to work with and help their drivers achieve the service and availability standards and not expect the drivers to achieve them all on their own," he said. - Seem like our toad minister talk cock sing song only
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The best reply from Josephine Teo is to tai chi it to NTA to negiotiate with taxi coys on behalf of TDs. lol
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MOT sets the rigid rules... and let the taxi coys and NTA to clean up the shit. This is called trapitite arrangement. My foot ok
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Ended up, the 1 RIP is taxi uncles....
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One month $250,000 paycheck, seibei ho cho
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Someone once said,
“I think we should try to the maximum extent we can, align all the interest of Singaporeans and make sure one party can represent you, whether you are the CEO or whether you are a taxi driver.”
Represent taxi driver? Lan sai lah..