LTA reviewing how service in taxi industry can be
further improved
SINGAPORE : The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is
reviewing how service in the taxi industry can be further improved
and will announce the improvements by early next
year.
In a written answer, Transport Minister Raymond Lim
said LTA has been working with the Singapore Taxi Academy on a
number of initiatives.
For example, since July, a computer-based English
assessment, the Workplace Literacy Computer-Adaptive Test, was
adopted as a more systematic method of testing the English
proficiency of Taxi Driver's Vocational Licence applicants.
LTA added that it plans to tap into the S$1 million Taxi Fund to
improve taxi information at taxi stands in the next few
months.
It will also use the funds to construct temporary taxi stands in
the Chinatown area during the Singapore River Hongbao event early
next year.
The fund, which was set up last year, was intended as a temporary
measure to provide some help to the taxi industry during the
economic downturn.
- CNA/ms