casino_king SG Let's hear from all parties; Taxi Drivers; Political Commentators; Commuters; Economists; Psychologists; Taxi Operators; Opposition supporters; 666 Supporters. Taxi drivers can join another TAXI company? The increase benefit Taxi drivers or not? Why hasn't the others announced increases if it is due to "external" rather than "internal" inefficiencies within COMFORT? Are the increases excessive? Will there be pressure to force the others to announce increases even if they are operating comfortably? The whole exercise would be to decide if we should organise a boycott and how to do it effectively.
casino_king SG Will it affect taxi drivers? Will it affect Singapore economy? Will it affect commuters?
casino_king SG Taxi fares increases does not really affect me because I just changed to a brand new car less than 1 week old. So why am I doing this? Yeah why????? Let's all stop sitting on our asses and DO SOMETHING!
casino_king SG BTW the brand new cars now come with the alphabets SGJ – mine was the first batch with SGJ… so lucky, my new car number has only 3 digits… but I digress…
casino_king SG yah lor, add 0 in front or the back? or add 1 to 9? buy i bet or try one single number? questions questions... best is don't bet
ObiterDicta SG The other operators will follow. Some of them had been quoted in the papers before the announced hike that they were merely waiting for Comfort to make the first move.
casino_king SG So if all of them follow suit; it means that it is true? That the increase is justified and that we should just live and let live? I always get the feeling that we are living under a monopoly in Singapore; as good as monopoly... that we do not get the efficiencies accorded by competition... That the rules and regulations favours monopolistic organisations. For example, the removal of individual taxis drivers/owners...
ShutterBug SG I think, this is a dangerous proposition. It's very close to "Inciting Unrest". Without suggesting this, people will know to automatically cut down travelling by taxi that are under Delgro. But unfortunately, whenever they increase fares/charges, the rest will follow suit. Same old vicious cycle of inflation.
qpicanto SG Can somebody ask the operators especially the government-linked one, despite the sharp drop in COE and car prices, why taxi fares and rental has not been lowered ?
casino_king SG It is inciting unrest if we all decide that the way to go is to go down onto the streets without first obtaining a police permit. So what form this "boycott" takes, if any, is up to us whether to do it legally or otherwise.
casino_king SG excellent point! ya hor, I just bought a car and the COE (open cat) was above 12K The last bid was above 9K It used to be around 100K for some categories?
sbst275 SG Cabbie been squeezed to the max, raise the fare to let them earn more, your wanna KPKB... 12 years ago, 1 lit of diesel cost abt $0.50, now is $1.10, only lucky now they are using MT vehicles As for buses, nationalising SBS is of no good either
sbst275 SG Since when public transport vehicles pay COE??? Mind you, SBS bus road tax is the highest of all vehicles, $2600 for a double deck and $2100 for a single deck
killstyle SG Increase taxi fares is passing the cost problem onto the consumers Decrease Rentals is eating into the millon dollar pay of the elites sitting on the directors board which one will they pick? no prize for guessing correctly. nothing new. eh fellow peseants , they had been doing that all these while for decades
killstyle SG hey. tell you something. MRT and buses going for fare hike soon. boycott them too?? hahahhahahahahahahhahahhaaa
sbst275 SG If you nationalise it, I dunno how much taxpayers money otherthan the fare revenue collected is going to be spent
