Taxi License Inquiry, URGENT..!!!
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Hi all,
I was unemployed for 3 mths already due to suspension from work and exhausted all my savings for bills and credit debts.
I'm 34yrs male Singaporean.
How can i get a taxi license?? Any sponsorship from Govt?
Any advises would help, thanks..
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Originally posted by Ebayan:Hi all,
I was unemployed for 3 mths already due to suspension from work and exhausted all my savings for bills and credit debts.
I'm 34yrs male Singaporean.
How can i get a taxi license??
http://www.taxi.org.sg/tvl.htm
Any sponsorship from Govt?
No
Any advises would help, thanks..
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Sponsorship from government ?
U want scholarship from PAP ? Hahahhahaha .
Government don't encourage young fellow of 34 years old to drive a cab .
To them , taxi driving is for oldman , retrenched personnel etc ....
Because taxi drivers don't contribute CPF , so no use to Government , they hack care you .
They will only take care of people who contribute CPF , and that contribute into good reserves to finance their massive salary .
Once u drive a cab , the governement will suck you really dry , all they can . 7% GST never will be enough for them .
They suck you more with ERP , more with speeding tickets , parking summons , traffic offenses .
Go find a job pal .
It will take you at least 6 months to be ready on the road .
At the meantime , while working , attend the taxi course .
Like that u won't spend whole day doing nothing , then go Casino , then acculumulated loads of credit bills .
Then urgent here , urgent there .
Singapore no people can help you when u have no money , u can only help yourself .
In here , we advise .
I advise you to find a temp job , $1200 or even lower , just grap first .
ANy other options , we discuss later .
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Applying to become a taxi driver , actually is not free .
A bit of investment is needed .
When u apply , need medical checkup - Money !
Apply course - Money !
After u passed , to be a cabby , need Security Deposit - Money !
No bank account for certain bank , open new account - Money !
Money Money Money ....
No work , no money , how to become a taxi driver .
Loan ? Who want to loan you ?
Help yourself better .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Applying to become a taxi driver , actually is not free .
A bit of investment is needed .
When u apply , need medical checkup - Money !
Apply course - Money !
After u passed , to be a cabby , need Security Deposit - Money !
No bank account for certain bank , open new account - Money !
Money Money Money ....
No work , no money , how to become a taxi driver .
Loan ? Who want to loan you ?
Help yourself better .
Yeah! agreed with you totally.
Everything you do need money, No money no honey!
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suspended for 3 mths?? wow, must be a very serious offence. Whatever happen, I hope u do not take taxi driving as a relieve of your financial woes and problems, taxis driving to most who have not driven, they take it like easy going job that everyone can do, but when most joined in, no long later, all throw keys. It is not as easy as thought. So, i suggest that if you have any other alternative jobs, go for it first. For singaporeans, you can also approach e2i at Lengkok Bahru, opposite red hill MRT to get you a job placement, or upgrade you to match certain job if you do not have the skill, there is also a taxi Academy there. Good luck
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Yes. e2i can help. call first b4 going there.
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i got a friend who went to apply last month, he say now no more internet course.. all classroom 3 weeks course... like dat, if got job, how to attend the course unless it is part time work...if i did not hear him wrongly, starts from 3pm till 10pm everyday..
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actually, i think if one is in deep financial woes, they should not become a taxi driver... too much stress and when one is under pressure to perform at tip top condition everyday, accidents will surely happen...health will be another issue... better go find a job and work hard on it will be more fruitful...
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Yes , those who have financial woes , taxi no point . Peanuts salary .
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but i thot some taxi driver make it big and live in condo....something like mi casa.
,It is not entirely its the end lah, one thing for sure, to be a taxi driver, you need to be a happy go lucky type of peoples like me and most people here, jokes and laughs as alway, never take things to heart, forgive and forget, drive on. If you go Drive with a huge financial woes and problem, I guarantee you, you will generate more problem and woes from driving TD, and bear this in mind, TD is not a job for any tom or dick who want to run away from something or think that it is towkay job, or that all his problems will settle from driving taxi, you will feel sorry later.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Yes , those who have financial woes , taxi no point . Peanuts salary .
Yes, less driver join, more business for the existing drivers..lau gui said one hor -
really peanuts what .... what is $3k in Singapore ? My expenses quite standard Ok i dun count ciggarettes and food + kopi . Kids insurance $118 + $142 Mine insurance $225 Singapore Power $300 Mobile One $100 Cable TV $50 Maid's salary $400 MOM levy $170 Town council $61.50 Season parking $90 Credit card ( 1 card only lucky ) bill . And my wife settle son's tuition , my daughter childcare $317 , Sheng Siong groceries , every 3-4 days marketing ...............
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if one has got minimum $40,000 credit card repayment , of say $2000 minimum payment each month , drive taxi no point . Declared bankrupt better .
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sometimes taxi kena parking summons , traffic police give speeding tickets . CPF asked for Medisave . This is all hidden and sudden . Also driving a cab , better pray Tua Pek Kong before start work , hope Tua Pek Kong tolong u don't kena accident , sekali kena , bye bye $2000 .
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ALN leh? Parang one month 2K to 3K liao... still need to say the rest?
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Originally posted by ALN:
ALN leh?
Parang one month 2K to 3K liao…
still need to say the rest?
ALN PHUI!! lar haha~~~~ but seriously drive cab muz be carefree type of person happy go lucky relaxed n sometimes idle style 1~~~~~ -
Originally posted by komade:
ALN PHUI!! lar haha~~~~ but seriously drive cab muz be carefree type of person happy go lucky relaxed n sometimes idle style 1~~~~~You always say must fight here fight there and very hungry.
Then come here say happy go lucky relaxed n sometimes idle style.
You are not lor !!!
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Originally posted by Poolman:
really peanuts what …. what is $3k in Singapore ?
My expenses quite standard
Ok i dun count ciggarettes and food + kopi .
Kids insurance $118 + $142
Mine insurance $225
Singapore Power $300
Mobile One $100
Cable TV $50
Maid’s salary $400
MOM levy $170
Town council $61.50
Season parking $90
Credit card ( 1 card only lucky ) bill .
And my wife settle son’s tuition , my daughter childcare $317 , Sheng Siong groceries , every 3-4 days marketing …............
Poolman more like earn $2.4K+$665 hor.
Tonight keep before 10pm & only do 4 trips.
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Just ask yourself, what future do you hold as a taxi driver, in 10 and 20 years time, what will you be if you manage to live that long as a taxi driver...old peoples use to tell me that fortune teller loves to tell fortune of TD, cos our future will more or less the same, no promotion, no glory nor any golden handshake or goodwill money. If I am fortune teller, i would said, you will be more or less the same, take care of your health, it can harm you and your earning power, changes will be minor, perhap only your cab changed, nothing to do with you.
With this in mind, what do you see in future on being a TD, nearly every TDs I talked to, be it empty talks or open talks, most are thinking of doing something out of TD, be it a dream or illusion or a realtiy, TDs themselves see not much future in TD beside seeing our childrens grew up and get older and then get further exploited by our evergreen Taxi companies and govt.
Therefore, as a TD, it is better to be a happy go lucky type, avoid unnecessary influences and problems, live simple, think simple and relax, afterall, this was what most wanted to be before becoming a TD, since you are in it, might as well enjoy it. Stay happy, you got nothing to be sad or stress, if you want stress, anger and sad faces, go back to work in those corporate companies, where politics, problems, discipline and even looking at each other faces can be murdering.
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Originally posted by Mercabs:
You always say must fight here fight there and very hungry.
Then come here say happy go lucky relaxed n sometimes idle style.
You are not lor !!!
Hungry mah but relaxed style 1~~~~ ;) -
Driving a taxi earn you health problems very fast, make you want to try your luck at Casino when less business on the street. But will not earn you a Condo anytime this generation. The high cost of living and expense make taxi driving not as attractive as before.
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Originally posted by Mercabs:
Poolman more like earn $2.4K+$665 hor.
Tonight keep before 10pm & only do 4 trips.
oh shoulder painful after playing badminton , tuesday mah ....$665 save for Japan trip ....... cannot count as expenses .
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Originally posted by Guess?:
Driving a taxi earn you health problems very fast
This one can be avoided .... self discipline .Exercise .. less hard liquor , little bit beer , less womanising , less Hi-Cholo food like Brusie Pig Legs ... and sufficient rest can make your body more immune to different viruses of our time .
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Originally posted by komade:
ALN PHUI!! lar haha~~~~ but seriously drive cab muz be carefree type of person happy go lucky relaxed n sometimes idle style 1~~~~~
Not you la Komade , u cannot be at near that cateogry .