It seems that taxi drivers in Singapore are fearful of Uber, which threatens their livelihood by using private drivers to pick up passengers.
While they didn’t riot in the streets or overturn cars (Singapore clamps down hard on unruly behavior), they’ve privately complained to Khaw Boon Wan, the newly minted minister of transport, as he campaigned during the just-concluded general elections.
All this was revealed in a blog post written by the minister. Khaw says his ministry is taking another look at rules governing such transportation apps.
“Apparently, UberX signs on drivers to drive private hire cars to provide a booking type of transport service, and these drivers do not need a vocational licence unlike taxi drivers,” he says. “While taxi drivers welcome competition, they demand that the playing field be level. I think our taxi drivers have a point.”
UberX is just one of Uber’s many services.
It seems Khaw is taking a cautious and consultative approach, and that’s a good sign. He acknowledges that young people enjoy using services like Uber and Airbnb, and that the government must not resist innovation. He urges that “we must always be fair to players, whether incumbent or insurgents, and strike a balanced approach.”
-- Yahoo! Singapore
SG not that bad, tia gong in China, big market now......
When one still hold TDVL, smlj also beh kum one......
Than tio revoke nia, "heng ah, got Uber"......
Before Über cum into pictures......
SG already got this Car Pooling, Car Sharing scheme......
Also beh jalan liao.....
1st ride free, of course consumer will grab la, after that take bus/MRT lor......
If Über and Grab just want to be a players in the transport market, than can last long, if they want to cum in and chiong with all the big guns, very fast la, will collapse in no time......
So how is the coconut tree doing? Every night SCC still got member queuing up leh.
Many things will still be there one, although radio station, TD gone liao.....
SQ 1 will still be arriving on time no matter how TD screw up the AP......
Never ever think that without you, the earth won't spin liao.....
Wonder what is aunty jenny doing now? Singapore change too fast lah. In one generation, taxi rental went up 5x, taxi fare went up 3x, police from wearing shorts to long pants and hdb price go up 10x. Sometimes want to go old places to relive my younger days also hard.
Originally posted by f1taxidriver:Wonder what is aunty jenny doing now? Singapore change too fast lah. In one generation, taxi rental went up 5x, taxi fare went up 3x, police from wearing shorts to long pants and hdb price go up 10x. Sometimes want to go old places to relive my younger days also hard.
that is 1 reason y i go jb every tuesday.. almost never change at all..
just got a bit extra entertainment places..