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BUKIT JALIL - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak moved yesterday to woo the country's 70,000-strong contingent of taxi drivers by pledging to phase out the current practice of awarding taxi licences to companies.
The Prime Minister promised a "new model" for all taxi drivers, saying the government will award individual licences to them instead.
"In one or two years' time, we are moving to introduce a new taxi model (system). We are in the midst of framing it.
"I don't like it when I hear that companies get too many taxi licences. The era where we give taxi licences to individual companies will end," Mr Najib said yesterday, to cheers from a 10,000-strong audience mainly comprising of taxi drivers.
"We will provide individuals with a new system. The interests of the individual taxi driver will be taken care of as best as possible.
"The leasing of taxis is a form of modern-day slavery which I do not like," Mr Najib stressed.
He pointed out that taxi drivers played a major role in shaping the opinions of tourists who come to Malaysia.
"They are an important group in forming the image and perception tourists have of the government and country," Mr Najib said, urging taxi drivers to help the government shape a good reputation for the country.
"If a tourist gets in a taxi and sees a nice smile on the driver instead of an angry face, then they will assume that all Malaysians are like that."
- http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC120625-0000040/Taxi-drivers-could-get-own-licences
The Prime Minister promised a "new model" for all taxi drivers, saying the government will award individual licences to them instead.
"In one or two years' time, we are moving to introduce a new taxi model (system). We are in the midst of framing it.
"I don't like it when I hear that companies get too many taxi licences. The era where we give taxi licences to individual companies will end," Mr Najib said yesterday, to cheers from a 10,000-strong audience mainly comprising of taxi drivers.
"We will provide individuals with a new system. The interests of the individual taxi driver will be taken care of as best as possible.
"The leasing of taxis is a form of modern-day slavery which I do not like," Mr Najib stressed.
He pointed out that taxi drivers played a major role in shaping the opinions of tourists who come to Malaysia.
"They are an important group in forming the image and perception tourists have of the government and country," Mr Najib said, urging taxi drivers to help the government shape a good reputation for the country.
"If a tourist gets in a taxi and sees a nice smile on the driver instead of an angry face, then they will assume that all Malaysians are like that."
- http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC120625-0000040/Taxi-drivers-could-get-own-licences
