The issue here is that Taxi Industry Senior Executives despite their hire pay (remember MP Goh Chee Wee's million day package from NTUC Delgro) failed to keep up with the times and commuters who are customers are not pleased. They have failed to protect the very staff, the taxi drivers who generated the revenue and gave them the scale and the accompanying perks. One should be reminded that without Government intervention in the 70s, NTUC Comfort would not exist. There were many private taxi licenses (yellow/black cabs) which was subsequently stopped and their licences bought over. The early years there so so many improvements for taxi drivers and their welfare via comfort.
I cannot believe that National Taxi Association which was formed only in 2010 and headed by a cabinet minister and 5 other PAP MPs and ex MPs have not done enough for the 10,000 odd members. What were they dong for the last 5 years?
I have no doubt that Comfort beats anyone else for safety, performance and reliability but where are they when it rains, when there is no surcharge etc. These are operating mechanism that should have been worked out by the Comfort Sr Exec and NTA with LTA.
Lets be frank, there is no way that Uber and Grab can penetrate to this level, drop price by 15% and 14% unless there are issues and opportunities. NTUC Comfort is a behemoth in terms of scale and operation. It is attached to NTUC which in turn has a pipeline into Singapore Labour Foundation which is a MOM stat board. It is also one of the richest with funds that goes into millions. Its the bank that funds NTUC. It is also more mysterious than PA. In essence, they had the resources and the political clout but did not use it or were plain incompetent.
My guess is that the powers up there want the market to be opened up. Why else would Temasek invest in Grab some years back. You don't have to read the tea leaves on this.
I cannot believe that National Taxi Association which was formed only in 2010 and headed by a cabinet minister and 5 other PAP MPs and ex MPs have not done enough for the 10,000 odd members. What were they dong for the last 5 years?
I have no doubt that Comfort beats anyone else for safety, performance and reliability but where are they when it rains, when there is no surcharge etc. These are operating mechanism that should have been worked out by the Comfort Sr Exec and NTA with LTA.
Lets be frank, there is no way that Uber and Grab can penetrate to this level, drop price by 15% and 14% unless there are issues and opportunities. NTUC Comfort is a behemoth in terms of scale and operation. It is attached to NTUC which in turn has a pipeline into Singapore Labour Foundation which is a MOM stat board. It is also one of the richest with funds that goes into millions. Its the bank that funds NTUC. It is also more mysterious than PA. In essence, they had the resources and the political clout but did not use it or were plain incompetent.
My guess is that the powers up there want the market to be opened up. Why else would Temasek invest in Grab some years back. You don't have to read the tea leaves on this.