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The original announcement deadline was 1.Feb.2017 to require PDVL licenses.
Over 1 yr now.
And yet still got lots of poor drivers and fucked ups not able to pass their tests.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/private-hire-drivers-push-on-despite-test-woes
Private-hire drivers push on despite test woes
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Chinese-speaking Madam Goh Yang Huang has failed the Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence test nine times despite attending the 10-hour course at the Singapore Taxi Academy. But she is determined to pass in order to be financially independent in her old age.ST PHOTO: SONG TAO
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Many Chinese-speaking drivers find vocational licence test challenging
Ilyda Chua
For Madam Goh Yang Huang, being a private-hire driver has been a source of financial independence. But soon, the 63-year-old might have to earn her living off the roads.
As of end-May, some 23,900 private-hire drivers have yet to undergo training or pass the Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence (PDVL) test - a month to go before June 30, when the one-year concession for obtaining the licence ends. The 23,900 are among some 56,300 private-hire car drivers now on the roads.
Over 1 yr now.
And yet still got lots of poor drivers and fucked ups not able to pass their tests.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/private-hire-drivers-push-on-despite-test-woes
Private-hire drivers push on despite test woes
1 of 2

Chinese-speaking Madam Goh Yang Huang has failed the Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence test nine times despite attending the 10-hour course at the Singapore Taxi Academy. But she is determined to pass in order to be financially independent in her old age.ST PHOTO: SONG TAO
Published
7 hours ago
Facebook Twitter Email
Many Chinese-speaking drivers find vocational licence test challenging
Ilyda Chua
For Madam Goh Yang Huang, being a private-hire driver has been a source of financial independence. But soon, the 63-year-old might have to earn her living off the roads.
As of end-May, some 23,900 private-hire drivers have yet to undergo training or pass the Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence (PDVL) test - a month to go before June 30, when the one-year concession for obtaining the licence ends. The 23,900 are among some 56,300 private-hire car drivers now on the roads.