Taxis must alway be taken as a public image, in every countries
you got, one of the thing you judge is the taxis, second, toilet,
third, the culture..
And especially Singapore govt, who are so scare of losing face,
die die upfront must be nice, inside like shit is another case,
like our HDB, outside very nice, inside is jail.
Base on these, you think sg gov is going to allow Foreigner into
taxi driving??? Truck, trailer, bus are a total different issue to
taxis, they are not so expose to the public that demand services,
images and the know how..moreover, some bus captain and trailers
are earning more than a taxi driver in a way if you plus their
leaves, bonuses and other benefits like medical.
As I said long ago, singapore wages is going to increase
trememdously, especially so with a high inflation rate that is
crumpling the lower and middle class, it govt is not going to force
employers to do it, they will ultimately put a minimum wage on that
particular trade, eg to start with, Cleaners must now be pay at
least 1000 and above, if not cleaner licence revoked. Bus captains
after the increment of bus fare, will get higher wage increases to
encourage singaporean to drive, many will be able to achieve 3,500
+ many other fringe benefits.
Together with the slash on FW and FT quotas against 1 local/PR,
employers must also show and prove that they engaged singaporean
first before any other Foreigners, govt knows that 2016 is very
near, they are going in from all direction, from quotas to
employment to housing ratio and wages increases to reflect a decent
living here.
And the last, but not least they are looking at is TD must also
hv a decent living against a backdrop of high cost of living,
nobody will drive a cab if he is driving at a loss, unless you are
hammer or me.
Limpek reply u on monday.. u wait har...