Dun pray pray ok. LKY very interested in TD last time:
Singapore's taxis
back in the old days
AsiaOne | Friday, May 3,
2013
Taxis in Singapore have a very colourful history. Back in the
old days, you could negotiate with the cabbie on the taxi fare,
unlike the current meter system, whose systematic calculation
leaves no room for error.
And not just anyone can become a taxi driver back
then. In 1971, Singapore's taxi drivers were picked out by then
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during a ballot to select taxi
drivers.
Taking a taxi from Bukit Panjang to Lim Chu Kang cost just 40
cents per person. Now, a similar journey will probably cost you at
least $8 or more.
There were also 'pirate taxis' back then. Some people used
their cars as unlicensed public-services vehicles to serve the
public's tranportation needs. They used private houses as contact
points and issued call cards to publicise their transport
services.
Not
forgetting these historical facts, local taxi drivers are pretty
much an indelible part of the public transportation network, with
their own views and colourful languages to entertain their
passengers.
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Old days of course support TDs lah, that time TDs all big shot,
rich and can have 3 wives, he needs their support to gain votes
mah, but today, knn, he care taxi drivers for fark, he better care
for new citizens and hope that they vote for his party.
New citizen per years is around 20k per year, today over 100000
are new citizens and growing, TD on the road are only 50000
hirer + relief, you tell me, he support TDs, who are now poor and
cannot even a bak bak wife or new citizens who are growing and
getting richer and at the same time, not influence by local
singaporeans TCSS??
