Hong Kong launched its much-awaited premium taxi service on Monday, as the first operator to receive a full licence hit the streets with its 160 cabs after completing a trial run. SynCab showcased its vehicles during a launch ceremony attended by Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan, who said she expected the company would…
Inflexible working hours, a lack of incentives and resistance to change are among the reasons Hong Kong’s premium taxi fleets are failing to attract drivers, industry representatives have said, after a trial run faced a spate of cancelled bookings. Ho Chi-keung, who leads the Motor Transport Workers General Union’s taxi division, said on Wednesday that…
Newly launched premium taxi fleet JOIE was off to a bumpy start, as users faced multiple cancelled orders on its first full day of operation despite submitting requests over an hour in advance. All four attempts by two Post reporters to hail a ride on Tuesday morning via the newly launched JOIE app, which officially…