Never a civil servant...
just went thru the tough times and hereby replayed the past
history to the forum readers..
I have to agree with you that there are many ppl holding on
Vocational Taxi Licences (w/o even driving a cab in their life) as
a possible fall back if they are jobless in future...( but the
figures you mentioned could be in the high side )...
Taxi driving used to be a retirement job, 10 years ago... now,
the whole picture had changed... it is now for people who has been
retrenched... drivers are getting younger...
Consumers & economists alway mentioned that taxis are still
insufficient during certain hours.... but... they don't bother to
mention the hours after midnite (or even before midnite) when
getting a trip may be almost impossible for some....
If LTA still unwilling to be a CAP (LIMIT) of taxis on Singapore
roads... then it will eventually kills of the livelihood of many
existing cabbies (with family to feed & school-going
children)...
No more than average income self-employed job any more... Get
some of their LTA officers to ply the road (from Monday to Sunday)
- that is the BEST WAY to find out the actual demand.
very true muz set the limit else 1 day sure over
saturated......
