Submitted by farhan on Mon, 18/04/2016 - 5:47pm
Several taxi drivers, who were
unhappy with the recent decision by the government to legalize
private-car handling companies like Uber and Grab, have resigned
from the National Taxi Association (NTA) in what is seen to be a
protest move by some of the drivers.
According to an unnamed taxi
driver, who submitted the screenshot of a post on the Singapore
Taxi Drivers Facebook, several taxi drivers had been contemplated
quitting the union, which offered them no protection from the
"pirating" acts of Uber and Grab.
A.S.S. contributor, who only
wanted to be known as Mr Quek, wrote: "Why should we bother to pay
fees to this useless organization? They do not offer us any real
legal protection."
Others on the Singapore Taxi
Drivers Facebook appear to share the same sentiments.
One netizen taxi driver, Bert Bc,
wrote: "Another jiak liao bee association. Pay membership fees only
for those useless council advisors (mostly the useless MIW) to
enjoy their multi million dollar view @ OMB office! Its just an
association with no teeth! Do they need to be at such posh office
location?"
When asked why they had tendered
their resignations from the NTA, a number of them definitively
cited the inability of the union to handle the private-hire drivers
issue to their advantage.
According to new rules announced
by the Ministry of Transport, private drivers who obtain licenses
after a series of medical and vocational tests will be allowed to
ply their services on roads alongside taxi drivers. The regulations
have put the heat on existing taxi drivers, who find the increased
competition tough to beat.
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