Threats to taxi driving.
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In the order of severest to least. World economy sick,affects spore,the effects is multi layer. Foreigners allow to drive taxi high rentals high fuel prices LTA restrictions on plying taxi trades.. pls add somemore.
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In the last ten years, singapore economy is good, as good as if can even evade the 2008 lemon brothers crisis, now much economy in this world can stand up to a recession of that magnitude, but our economy is good not just because of ability to lure good investment into singapore, but more on cheap Foreign workforce.
EDB: Sir, you can invest on our country,we got the best infrastructure provern, best AP, best sea Port, best transportation, best financial centre around, hard and good workforce that can work long hours. Rest assure that you can growth with us and beat any of your competitors
Investor: But in indo china and china, the labour is cheaper, I know singapore is good, but the wages is high, tho you hv a low corporate tax, but your singaporean high wages might dent the profit before income tax.
EDB: Dun worry sir, we give you foreign workforces, you can employ within a 1 singaporean is to 3 foreigners quotas. So in another words, you get a good country to run your business while having a 3rd world cheap workforce, and when wages are low, the local will accept a lower income inorder to get job.
So, the investor invested. Now, with cut down on foreigners, you see the growth slow down, but if we are to carry on importing cheap workforce for another 10 years, there will be 4 millions foreigners here, a million more than singaporeans. at the moment it is a 60% locals and 40% foreigners. And that is very high consider a country so desparate to get it economy booming at the expense of its citizens suffering.
The theory of whatever goes up must come down is a natural theory of gravity and laws of existence.
But our govt choose to go against such natural laws, it is alway up up and away, and in history, you see the fall of the mighty roman, the once great Qin, the great british empire, the never said die Jap, the chargeable Mongols...and you will see the fall of our country, because nobody can go against the laws of nature of whatever that goes up, must come down.
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TS will be surprise, the biggest threats to taxi driving is non other than "bicycle".................
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Originally posted by uaskforit:
In the order of severest to least.
World economy sick,affects spore,the effects is multi layer.
Foreigners allow to drive taxi
high rentals
high fuel prices
LTA restrictions on plying taxi trades..pls add somemore.
Biggest threat is high rental and fuel prices. In other countries, taxi drivers can own the taxis after driving a certain number of years.
World economy sick; people still need to travel. If they have the time, they can take public transport. If in a hurry or need to go to ulu or destination which needs lots of transfers on public transport, they will take taxi.
Foreigners allow to drive taxis! this will create more problems on the road. Getting a driving license is easy in other countries, compared to singapore. Just imaging the likes of Ferrari Ma driving a taxi. In his country Red means Go.
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What ?
The threat is PAP ..... Patterns After Patterns
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The biggest threat in taxis driving is actually oursleves, tho govt policies and external environment can give us some threat, but the biggest is still oursleves.
Unlike working where there is peer pressure, boss pressure, deadline and demand pressure, job pressure and all kind of threats, TD is only himself, you therefore, stay focus, learn to do and dun, get smarter and wiser in handling anything within your trade of a true red or blue or silver or white TD.
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Originally posted by bowah:
The biggest threat in taxis driving is actually oursleves, tho govt policies and external environment can give us some threat, but the biggest is still oursleves.
Unlike working where there is peer pressure, boss pressure, deadline and demand pressure, job pressure and all kind of threats, TD is only himself, you therefore, stay focus, learn to do and dun, get smarter and wiser in handling anything within your trade of a true red or blue or silver or white TD.
Singapore labour law is good. 44 hours work a week etc.. Too bad that taxi drivers are considered business men. As businessmen, there is no off day, you pay your own cpf and medisave. You not feeling well or even going to die, MC from government hospital also not recognised. Pay the taxi rental.
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the greatest threats will be if the Govt allows foreigners to become taxi drivers.then the average take home pay per month will drop fr $2000 to $1000 to $1500!that is without CPF,annual leave,bonus or medical leave!and also another threat fr building too many MRT lines!
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Originally posted by foolsh_2000:
the greatest threats will be if the Govt allows foreigners to become taxi drivers.then the average take home pay per month will drop fr $2000 to $1000 to $1500!that is without CPF,annual leave,bonus or medical leave!and also another threat fr building too many MRT lines!
Lots of jobs have already been taken over by foreigners. Reason given is because SIngaporeans want a higher pay and are choosy. Newspaper reporting lots of taxi driver choosing and earning $7k.
If Singapore can employ foreign talents to be news paper reporters, it is only a matter of time before we have foreign talent taxi drivers. Then we will have ft taxi drivers complaining about singapore passengers. Always starts with the minority.
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Aiya no need think so much lah....another month all our suffering will end lah....
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Originally posted by hammerhammer8888:
Aiya no need think so much lah....another month all our suffering will end lah....
Like this ar...since going to end, then tonite I throw rental go geyland better. -
Originally posted by bowah:
Like this ar...since going to end, then tonite I throw rental go geyland better.Confirm ending liao lah....so many pattern already. USA hurricane, now India also tio taichi...
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Oh, then must quickly go find one bak bak chio chio so that when all end, also end happily and satisfied.
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Happy ending ........
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Biggest threat ... it's still the taxi company which has got the biggest mouth .
Big mouth eat the bigger share .
They can fix any taxi pricing to their advantages .
It's a free market , but bigger say .
if u want u follow .... dun follow your drivers will suffer .
17 December 2011 is a pure example .
One fare overhaul .... TransCab need to think 1 month .
Unfortunately ..... Singapore has got one law , can never fixed prices , get caught massive problems ahead .
As in taxi companies cannot sit together and discuss to come out with some set of taxi fare structures .
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I serious hope Singapore can abolished such compettive law for taxis .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Biggest threat ... it's still the taxi company which has got the biggest mouth .
Big mouth eat the bigger share .
They can fix any taxi pricing to their advantages .
It's a free market , but bigger say .
if u want u follow .... dun follow your drivers will suffer .
17 December 2011 is a pure example .
One fare overhaul .... TransCab need to think 1 month .
Unfortunately ..... Singapore has got one law , can never fixed prices , get caught massive problems ahead .
As in taxi companies cannot sit together and discuss to come out with some set of taxi fare structures .
This is call capitalism, and when it is built on a democratic society, it become more worst in the sense of its inequalities.Our govt are capitalist govt, they studied management, finacial and business economics more than social science, some dun even take social science, so what you expect from our govt is running a country like a business centre,
The models of business adopted by all business entities here, including Taxi companies are exact replicas of our govt model or similar, so you tell me, how on earth is our govt going to come with a laws to fix the taxis companies, are you asking them to shoot their own foot??
Now why govt still hold charity shows to ask you to donate, why govt got no money meh? we got billions of reserves, why must the citizens, after all the social taxes including gst, fuel taxs and so on, still have to give charities, why not govt do it on our behalf with the reserves from other taxation like ERPs and corporate taxes on companies.
Because when you use the reserve, the sing $$ will fall, and if it fell more than 1/2, just imagine those rich peoples who had 5 millions in their bank under sing dollars, only get 2.4m left, what about those with CPF inside??..this are all fiscal policies, MAS, is the decision maker, it objectives is to grow singapore, and to growth, it must satisfy the rich and hold it reserve strongly inorder to attract peoples to invest with a stable dollars
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A good example of money now is EURO, those who invested in it, can kiss their ass goodbye, same goes to the green back, the US dollars, for euro, it was so strong in the begining of the century, even on par with pounds, and then, now nearly 1/2 its value gone.
So you see those european who earn euro and put euro in their banks are now poorer.
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one of my treats is...... The stupid hump out of nowhere. Really can wake me up.. Lucky heart still pumping. Or else got to call for bowah..
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there isn't any much to look forward as a Taxi Driver
so, there isn't any treat
i am having shit, foreigner want this shit, please take and eat it
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hello it's threats not treats!treats means like giving u free makan or free things!
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Originally posted by foolsh_2000:
hello it's threats not treats!treats means like giving u free makan or free things!
you seem very unhappy, ai wa pang teh kong sorry mai?
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It is true that TD is in the lower rung of the society, 2 to 3k per month is consider low, recently the cut off point for lower income is $2,800, anything below it, is consider lower income and is eligible to apply for social benefit like vouchers etc etc from govt agencies like NTUC (must be union member), Community Centres and other help centres from mendaki to sinda to chinese chamber and clans.
During the last pay hike, a lot of people paid had adjusted up ward more than other years since the turn of the century, this is due to the string of complaints and shock therapy from both employees and economists that singapore needs to reflect a realistic pays inorder to sustain its talent, and not to keep relying on cheap foreigners for it growth that lead to a depressive wages for many years.
So, i would said, the average singapore income had risen from 2.8 to 4k, with add on allowances, CPF, 13th month AWS, bonuses, Overtime pay, most can make a better living than a TD. and at the same time, not so stressful and tiring as TD, meaning more life than a TD or Casket Driver like me.
Let then, examine into TD income, to increase our income, there only 2 ways,
1. Increase fares? this is a nation decision, because it affect all the people pockets, it can end up with less paxs, or that paxs expect a better cabs condition and driver services. It must justify the cost of living, inflation and able to benchmark the paid of outside taxis job. But then, driving taxis is a business, there is no negotiation rights. It either you make it (huat) or dun make it (OBK)
2. Lower rental and fuel? This can never work, for many years, never had see a Taxis company lower it rental to help their cabbies on cost of living, fuel might see a bit reduce, but the increase alway outsmart the reducing.
So you see, as a TD, we are alway staring down a barrel, any increase of fares will add on with the increase of rental with newer cabs and fuel, coupled with inflation that is all time high from 4.5 to more than 5% every other quarters, our income may still able to sustain for a while, but the cost living will go up and in a long run, we will be a dminishing lots in the society. Therefore, all being thing being this way, the only threat is therefore ourselves, we must decide, to move, to stay put or to strive ON.
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tis morning pick one pax fr tampines to cecil rd, pass fort rd ECP gantry...... reached destination she say '"this is outrages ! they up the ERP by a dollar " so fort gantry $5 DOLLAR plus CBD gantry 2.50 total $ 7.50.......jia buay leow ERP is a big threat as it influence the affortability vs comfort in getting to work of a would-be passenger
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nvm la, let continue to vote. Vote until cannot tahan lor.. Zzzzzzzzzzzz