Why Pre-requiste for Taxi Driver is Singapore citizen

thelionsleepstonight SG

More retrenchment coming, we may see more 'qualified' and better 'educated' taxi drivers on our roads.

Poolman SG

Whatever the reason stated , whether or not any FT believe in or not , the fact remains .... no point arguing .

The fact remains , that taxi is purely for Singaporeans , whether or not that any particular foreigner are more familiar with Singapore than any other locals .

If FT can be allowed to drive a taxi , then ..... Seng Han Tong needs 24 hours bodyguard .

xstryker SG

Poolman SG

I challenge any Singaporeans nowadays , where is " Ang Sa Lee " ?

If Singaporeans cannot even answer my simple question , if majority of our locals don't know where it locates , do i expect an Indian National to answer that ?

This Ang Sa Lee , GPS cannot find u know ? There is a place called Ang Sa Lee , amd there is people who asked me to bring them there , using Ang Sa Lee .

I can even throw a simple road name to any Indian Nationals , where is Cuff Road ? I doubt they know , but they do walk past every Single Sunday when they are at Little India .

Think about that .... and this is just routes . Taxi driving is more than routes .

thelionsleepstonight SG

This FT thing has a bit of truth to it.

Coffee shops have FTs and I can experience the service standards has changed for the better. Mustafa has FTs and I can safely say they has better courtesy than their locally bred staffs (most, there are exceptions but few).

Personal opinion; the FTs will over time behave like locals, because many Singaporeans still do not have the social grace to react to courtesy or 'grace' bestowed upon them. Example, the cashier says (with sincerity that I can feel it) 'thank you for shopping with Mustafa....etc'. What would be your SPONTANEOUS answer to that.

I had stood aside and observed, many locals do not EVEN hear what the cashier was saying and when those who did, do not understand what this appreciation of custom the FT cashier was trying to convey to them. They just stared and left.

People like to be recognised or at least appreciated for what they do, many locals do not reciprocrate appropriately to sitiuations and requests. We demand that our needs be catered to and do not know how to reward accordingly, be it a kind word or materially.

In time, without these 'sustenance" even the most enduring service providing diehards will give and become a Singaporean. (I'm puttting a capital 'S' in singaporean out of courtesy).

C'mon! let's all grow up and be less self-centered and be one with ..........humanity?

Chelzea SG

I challenge any Singaporeans nowadays , where is " Ang Sa Lee " ?

If Singaporeans cannot even answer my simple question , if majority of our locals don't know where it locates , do i expect an Indian National to answer that ?

This Ang Sa Lee , GPS cannot find u know ? There is a place called Ang Sa Lee , amd there is people who asked me to bring them there , using Ang Sa Lee .

I can even throw a simple road name to any Indian Nationals , where is Cuff Road ? I doubt they know , but they do walk past every Single Sunday when they are at Little India .

Think about that .... and this is just routes . Taxi driving is more than routes .

serangoon garden loh and why ish mus be 30 den can drive taxi? hmph

Poolman SG

Bus drivers .... FT can la , fixed route ma , just memory , no need GPS also .

Coffee Shop assistant , copi tea-O , coke , cannot ? Can la .... cashier , can la FT .

Those routine jobs , desktop jobs , FT can la ..... those tree-prunters , trees are tress , follow Supervisor's instruction can liao ....

If u dunno the route , means dunno ! If with GPS , if still dunno , will surely kena fucked by commuters further .

If dunno the route , do we expect them to go by the shortest route ??

Who pay for making a big round ?

ALN SG

must be 30 cos more matured and likely to be married with kids and so less likely to F1 loh…

insurance premium also like that…

Poolman SG

i telling myself , when i old man liao , take a cab time , if when see a foreigner drives , i so sure i will get a free trip .....

How ?

Get up the cab : " XXX Road ! "

FT driver : " Where huh ? "

Me : " I also dunno ! "

FT driver : " Go by which way ? "

Me : " Just go by anyway ."

And whichever ways he travel , he sure get from me from not going the shortest route .

I pay him first , then complain Comfort and LTA .

ALN SG

FT service standard good? i seriously doubt it… look at delifrance filipinos… for sure they can only speak english… so local have to adjust to be served by them… and their english got a strong accent… and they are not exactly very speedy in their service to say the least… the local old aunties can do much better in my opinion…

the PRC at coffeeshop? they are as hardworking or as lax as their employers allow them…. and whenever i order, i will speak directly to local cos i gave up telling PRC kopi xiu dai or teh po

just my take

Fantagf SG

Was discussing with friends that if Singaporean is out of job, last hope is to be a taxi driver cause the pre-requiste for taxi driver is being a Singapore citizen. (http://www.taxi.org.sg/tvl.htm)

But my friend argue that that's being racist! Why can't FT or PR become taxi driver too?

Uneducated uncles, aunties took public buses and requested the drivers to alert them on the destinations to alight for they are illiterate. The drivers said they were not able to because they are from China and do not know the roads well in sg.

From the above we see the need to have locals to be taxi drivers.

Chelzea SG

From the above we see the need to have locals to be taxi drivers.

but why must be 30 and above? ALN say mature driver more unlikely to speed... but i feel taxi driver alreadi drive like fark ....dont think can get ani worst lah

Poolman SG

Why 30 and above ?

Of course the garmen will create a age criteria , to discourage youngster from joining the taxi line .

Youngster needs CPF to buy house .

The garmen needs youngster's CPF . Or else ..... if all youngsters never contribute CPF , then where they got the $$$ from ?

Poolman SG

Once i picked up a Consultant from WFA , workforce agency , he told me the garmen wanted taxi drivers , but not the young one . They have plans to get rid of younger drivers , they want the younger generation to work , rather than to drive .

So instead of getting rid of them directly , the garmen overhaul the taxi fare system to discourage those burdened younger cabbies to quit for a fixed salary job .

Then it looked like it's back-fire .

What back-fire ?

The old ones cannot fit into the new fare structure , got frustrated .... and set Spore Taxi Association's adviser Seng Han Tong on fire .

KCTK SG

I challenge any Singaporeans nowadays , where is " Ang Sa Lee " ?

If Singaporeans cannot even answer my simple question , if majority of our locals don't know where it locates , do i expect an Indian National to answer that ?

This Ang Sa Lee , GPS cannot find u know ? There is a place called Ang Sa Lee , amd there is people who asked me to bring them there , using Ang Sa Lee .

I can even throw a simple road name to any Indian Nationals , where is Cuff Road ? I doubt they know , but they do walk past every Single Sunday when they are at Little India .

Think about that .... and this is just routes . Taxi driving is more than routes .

Pool is super right.

Oxford, since u are such a big proponent of GPS, please tell me which model to buy and which maps to download which will lead me to Ang Sa Lee, Lam Bo Leh, Bo Leh Long, Kin Jio Ka, Chit-ko, Chup-ko, etc. It is a fact of life that many elderly customers WILL use these names as they don't know the england name. Many pax in their 20s & 30s always tell me Tanglin Halt 16 Lau or Tanglin Halt 10 Lau. Best...Chinese FT takes taxi driven by Indian FT.....Chinese FT Mah Lee Shi Ta Lu....Indian FT ????? At least our younger generation of Malay, Indian compatriots understand quite a bit of mandarin to get by. FYI not a single taxi company provides GPS in their cabs. The ones in Comfort/Citycab cabs are not GPS but simple maps.

Get a vocally-challenged (not mute) passenger asking you to send him to Ang Sa Lee and the problem is doubly compounded. Don't even bother asking the passenger to write down the destination. Literacy aside, some are hyper-sensitive and will think that you are mocking them. It really takes a lot of locally knowledge to even guess the destination.

FT, possible, just not in the near future. Take a peek at our gahmen's 5 year plan. FTs don't vote in elections. Taxi driver vocation is considered a job of last resort by many Singaporeans who want to be at least assured of a way to earn money in the worst case scenario, even those who have a job now. AND not necessarily only blue collar workers. Many PMETs are taxi drivers now. Just ask the guys in this forum. You can rant & rave but our gahmen will keep it this way in the forseeable future. Period.

ALN SG

eh KCTK, got many PMETs cabbies here? i only know you are one last time… haha…

but there are few rich cabbies here… drive suv….

kinwashi SG

It is a fact of life that many elderly customers WILL use these names as they don't know the england name.

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