Sunday Times : Let cabbies set their fares

• Poolman

  25 Nov 07, 16:27

  Article on "Think" column , pg 39 .
  
  By Senior Correspondent Christopher Tan ....
  
  

  .... "Visitors and locals who have lived abroad often compare Spore's taxi system with HK's .There , you can hail a cab with no more effort than lifting your arm . The irony is that HK has twice as many people as Spore but fewer cabs than in Spore's 23,000 "

  ...."All other surcharges would be redundant in such a market . For instance , cabbies will be willing to go to Airport or to town because there is a ready supply of fares "

  etc etc ...
• ALN

  26 Nov 07, 17:54

  
  I agree with what he says about taxi companies setting fares is like airbus fixing airfare for SIA... conflict of interests. I think the transport planners are also clueless on who and how to set fares. Look at the ERP and the jams, higher COE of smaller cars in the past,.... clueless fellows who are failing miserably trying to play god...