Taxi Drivers / Private-Hire Drivers
There are almost 80,000 taxi-drivers and private-hire drivers on the road (some are not full-time).
About 1/4 are taxi-drivers. Traditionally, Taxi-drivers have been vocal against the incumbent but also tend to eventually reserve their votes for them. The emergence of PH in the past 4-5 years took a toll on their earnings. Next, PH Driver's work have been tougher lately after being messed-up by GRAB and licensing issues. The emergence of companies hiring Malaysians to drive the PH vehicles, will further add stress to this sector.