Another increase so soon ? More good news for the sinkees who voted for the PAP . Hurray !!!
Taxi drivers are also quite screwed over by taxi rentals, fuel prices and miscellaneous expenses.
Also, the taxi companies are spitting out more and more taxis onto the roads, resulting in lesser business for existing cabbies.
And once in a while, a cabbie may pick up someone who runs away without paying the fare, or a psycho bitch like Quan Yi Fong.
So, if you want someone to blame, blame the fatcats of Comfort-Delgro and SMRT.
I don't think this will help the cabbies as people will think twice about taking a cab. I've observed that my neighbourhood food court is struggling ever since the last price increase. There seem to be fewer customers compared to before the price hike. At least it's easier to get a table than in the past
You got it absolutely right, Laksaboy. The culprits indeed are the taxi companies. But since these taxi companies are government-linked companies, the bigger culprit is the government. And since the government is formed by the PAP, the biggest culprit is the PAP. It is all down to PAP's greed. The greedy PAP want the taxi companies which they own to release as many taxis as they can because for each taxi that is brought onto the road, they earn big bucks since they able to get the taxis at a cheap price due to the large quantity they buy from the car manufacturers. They don't care at all how the taxi drivers fend for themselves or how commuters can continue to cope with cab fares increases. All the PAP think of is to generate as much revenue for the government linked companies such that the reserves will grow and grow. If taxi companies are not lucrative for them, they will never go into the business. Everyone knows whatever sector can make money, the government will foray into it. It's all the difficult to earn money type of businesses that the PAP will leave it to private sector.
What you voted for, is what you get, don't complain, just vote for more GOod years!! thank you 60%, we love you!!
Taxi drivers are also quite screwed over by taxi rentals, fuel prices and miscellaneous expenses.
Also, the taxi companies are spitting out more and more taxis onto the roads, resulting in lesser business for existing cabbies.
And once in a while, a cabbie may pick up someone who runs away without paying the fare, or a psycho bitch like Quan Yi Fong.
So, if you want someone to blame, blame the fatcats of Comfort-Delgro and SMRT.
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