Taiwan do not just belong to tapei, and tokyo do not just
represent Japan. although the population of tapei is less than
singapore and tokyo about the same, the influx of their own peoples
from outside tapei and tokyo is more than a million per day,
together with tourists which both cities enjoyed most, you can
expect a daily of 4 millions in taipei and 7millions in tokyo
anytime.
Common sense will tell you that if one day, CNN comes and
interview me as a TD, do you think I will tell CNN that my earning
is very high, moderate or below average? If I want to put it into
news about high rental price, fuel prices and cost of living,
I will definitely said below average.
For your info, Tapei taxis ply by on call, their taxis are
located everywhere, and the driver just rest waiting for on call,
so you call at Taichong and within that place, the call will be
despatch to the nearest and the taxi will arive as soon as
possible, the amount of people moving in and out of tapei to return
to their provinces is a also a lucurative business for both tapei
and tokyo taxis, Singapore, what provinces you want to go?? the
most changi and woodland or tuas or marina south within an hour ++.
And in those provinces, when you book the cab, the cab will charge
you half of the so call empty return trips
You try taking taxi at narita airport tokyo and see how much
they charge you for a distance between AP to Tuas, which is very
common to them, it cost sing a hundred over dollars.
Having said that singapore got 23000cabs is not correct, with
tourist per million per month, you get about 5.2 millions people
here, and the cab population now is more than 25000cabs, could be
around the region of 28,000, and please be aware that not all
28,000 are working, at any one time only 20,000 are working, the
rest are either off or resting, and on a typical Sunday, the way
paxs going after cab, you can imagine how many are not on the
road
bro its almost $200 frm AP to Tuas for the japs .........