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 ...