Another 100,000 foreigners coming 2 wk in S'pore!

Insg SG

We have budget hotel, budget airline… time to have BUDGET TAXI!

If I have the millions to spare, I would start up a new taxi company name: Value-Cab International.

1. An acquisition of 1000 new Toyota Prius Hybrid taxis (with euro4 diesel engine)

2. A Daily rental of $88 c/w GST (brand new cab), must sign up with 1 year contract.

3. An additional 10% off from normal meter fare. Senior citizens enjoy 5 more % discount. (cheapest fare in town)

4. 52 days of free rental (company encourage healthy work life balance for all)

5. Appointed official taxi for Hotel 81, Fragrance hotel and other 3 stars... (budget hotel, budget taxis ma)

6. Only approved taxi with “share-cab” scheme. Cabby is able to pick multiple pax along the way to assigned destination. Eg: cabby wait until 4 paxs available, then start to drive off. Each pax only pay $5 regardless where you board or alight. Same as those days share cab system fm Queen St to JB. Pax can alight anywhere along bukit timah or woodland. This scheme only applies at certain peak hour only, eg: 6.30 to 8.30. Popular routes are: Lot1 to Sg Gedong, YewTee to Kranji loop, Boonlay to JurongIsland, PasirRis to AP/Loyang/ALPS/Cargocomplex…etc.

7. Shared MDT booking system with CDG. 10% levied from each trip by CDG. Company pay a norminal fee to CDG annually for such agreement. Save on infra & manpower.

8. Accepts all major cards includes NETS, Ezylink as well as CDG cab-charge card.

Motto: Its my policy to meet your needs!

Slogan: Now everyone can take taxi!

Mission: To be The Singapore’s best low cost taxi

You know what… the key to this success is: To employ all the cheap FTs from China, India, Sri-Lanka, Msia, Vietnam & Thai.

Heee...Crazy idea?

Some of your ideas are good but some are not.

Do you think CDG will want to give you an edge to compete with them using their infrastructure?

Do you think it's good to associate you cab coy with H81?

Do you think it's feasible to employ aliens as cabby?

These are exactly what you've described as "Crazy" ideas.

Low rental, low fare, free rental & shared cab are acceptable.

But when you have the millions, you might not think this way. You'll want to maximise you investments to get obscene returns.

That's why TDs are saying that all taxi coys are bad. Just that some are less bad than the others.

bowah SG

Manufacturing and services is the industries that is booming, and services include transport services, the govt readjusted its GDP to 13% by end of the year, that is a near 10% increase from year to year, and it is consider as over heating. Bearing that Singaporeans are getting older and older, we are also not service orientated people, meaning we like to be serve and not to serve other. This influx of foreigner will be base in electronic firms, hotels, restaurants, tourism, places of interests, shops, pubs, banks, financial insitute, hospitals etc etc. It will not be in construction or marine or oil rigs.

The strategy is to get in qualified people rather than workers, peoples who can serve, speak english (buses and waiter) and at least certain degree of education. Most likely, the people coming in will be Philipinos. And electronics will be Malaysians. Singapore govt is not going to encourage companies to bring in foreign workers, that is why govt had begin increasing low skill workers levies by a few hundreds more.

The main reason is to cool down the economy, especially the wages, which is climbing out of proportion due to head hunting. One of the top job now are in hotel management and financial management. Got a relative who works at Raffles hotel as a manager with 6k was head hunted by RWS for $12,000/mth and later head hunter again by MBS for $17,000 per mth with perks add up to $20,000 per mth. That is an worrying part for govt, with such increases, all wages will increase due to shortage, and when economy falls, which will fall, the reverse and impact of such high wages is going to hurt singapore and its people, that is retrenchment or for senior management, out of job. And when you are paid $20k per mth, you loan and buy condo, cars and enjoy life, but when you are out of job??? Thus, the influx of foreign staff coming here is to cool down the wages and also help companies able to get staffs at a reasonable cost. The key word is substainability.

Having said all, knn, that relative now talk with air and very proud, what to do, me taxi driver. But who give a damn

Sgm40 vps SG

Some of your ideas are good but some are not.

Do you think CDG will want to give you an edge to compete with them using their infrastructure?

Do you think it's good to associate you cab coy with H81?

Do you think it's feasible to employ aliens as cabby?

These are exactly what you've described as "Crazy" ideas.

Low rental, low fare, free rental & shared cab are acceptable.

But when you have the millions, you might not think this way. You'll want to maximise you investments to get obscene returns.

That's why TDs are saying that all taxi coys are bad. Just that some are less bad than the others.

U r right. But dun worry, juz my wild thots!

CDG may not keen but someone may. Its just a matter how this 'code-sharing scheme' can benefit them... 30% share?

H81 is juz a 'kai-fang' hotel or a place for a quickie for many singaporeans. But its name is famous all over the world as one of the best budget hotel in SG...likewise to Fragrance now. I was surprised to know that the ave occupation rates for foreigners/tourist is almost abt 50%.

Many taxi drivers in other countries are made of immigrants due to long hour of driving. I believed its feasible to. Since some singaporeans dun like to serve people. Let these FTs serve us lor..(forgot to add: All FTs drivers must be graduate)

Aiya... just some crazy thots only. Any business proven successful by others, surely it can be done. As long we dun start something that others dun. Can make $$$ sure can do! Got Ah Kun kaya sure come coffee & toast. Got Bread talk... here come bread pit. Got Sweet talk, now we see Koi & each-a-cup!

Got budget hotel, budget airline... here come low cost budget taxi la!

Haa

Sgm40 vps SG

Good innovative idea .

Rich business men , u have a ready made CEO here .

Yes, if I have the millions to spare, I will consider u as my CEO.

But you must cut down yr 'knnbccb' & 'phui'

hee

komade SG

Yes, if I have the millions to spare, I will consider u as my CEO.

But you must cut down yr 'knnbccb' & 'phui'

hee

Poolie become CEO everyday wear coat, tie,shirt

knn we all will die laughing...... :P

Insg SG

Yes, if I have the millions to spare, I will consider u as my CEO.

But you must cut down yr 'knnbccb' & 'phui'

hee

Taxi industry cannot no phui & knn ccb one lar. How to release pressure caused by idiot pax?

The one w/o these is called limousine service.

So Pool still can have phui & knn ccb.

Insg SG

LTA have rejected an application for new taxi company last year without giving reason. I think it's bcos the other players are giving hell lots of headache (competition) for CDG & SMRT.

I think no more new taxi coy in the foreseeable future.

komade SG

Taxi industry cannot no phui & knn ccb one lar. How to release pressure caused by idiot pax?

The one w/o these is called limousine service.

So Pool still can have phui & knn ccb.

Poolie kenna interview by TIMES still will hav knn n ccb..... :P

Insg SG

Poolie kenna interview by TIMES still will hav knn n ccb..... :P

US can have cnn & cnb, we also can have knn & ccb mah.

Zero 5 SG

Yes, if I have the millions to spare, I will consider u as my CEO.

But you must cut down yr 'knnbccb' & 'phui'

hee

No la , Uncle Poolman saying to those business investors , that they will have you , the ready made CEO .

Not Uncle PhuiMan .

Sgm40 vps SG

Right! Sometimes, I also knnccb within myself whn I had a unpleasant trip, especially to those china gals, middle age aunties with urine smell, nasty pax..etc. I also do the 'phui' action after they alighted.

Phui phui... must use dettol to wipe my rear seats... yeee

Tio Call Liao SG

Phui phui... must use dettol to wipe my rear seats... yeee

phui is a good way to let out steam ahhaha

Poolman SG

Why POOLMAN always phui ?

No la , it's ALN !

Phui x 5

Poolman SG

Uncle me knnbccb all the time ?

Got meh ?

I really got knnbccb ? So knn meh ?

Poolman SG

komade SG

Why POOLMAN always phui ?

No la , it's ALN !

Phui x 5

knn mai ke ke bro..... :P

inasmak SG

Because of all these FTs in my company, I haven't been getting a good payrise. Dats y I need to earn extra income by to support my family. And I think driving taxi is a good source of extra income. What more, with 2 IRs, there can never be shortage of passengers. What say all the seniors? Is this true?

Just_do_it_lah SG

yeah.. all those foreign-trash making locals look like cheap labours.

my advice - don't quit your current full-time job.

get a TDVL - drive on weekends.

2 IRs - helps - but.. many taxis too..

Gitch SG

100k workers , at least 20% will use the ERP = more incentives for our gahment!! Cars will be cheaper to purchase, which also means more places will have more ERP!!

SG modules local will die first in terms of retrenchment!!! Juz bear with it, we are SIngapore lor!

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