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A written test for Hong Kong’s aspiring taxi drivers will be made easier from November, with the number of questions related to prominent locations and route identification “substantially” reduced and simplified, transport authorities have said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Tuesday she believed that the changes would allow the test to…
Hong Kong police have arrested two more suspects linked to a criminal syndicate that allegedly recruited mainland Chinese drivers to operate illegal ride-hailing services in the city, bringing the total number of people detained in related cases to eight within a week. A spokesman from the force said on Sunday that a 46-year-old local woman…
SINGAPORE: There are no plans to fully liberalise cross-border point-to-point transport via ride-hail services, the Land Transport Authority said on Sunday (Aug 3). However, the authority added that it is considering the use of ride-hailing apps to book cross-border trips on licensed taxis and increasing the number of boarding and alighting points in Singapore and…
Autonomous driving still has more doubters than backers in Hong Kong, but the city is now taking steps that could get more people on board with the technology. Trial runs set for the next five months are worth supporting to develop driverless services. After allowing passenger trials on routes within the airport island, the government…
Hong Kong’s taxi trade and ride-hailing services can coexist and survive together, the transport chief has said, pledging to prioritise the public’s travel needs in the coming regulation of online platforms. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan made the reassurance on Saturday, a day after more than 30 disgruntled taxi drivers demonstrated outside government…
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Hong Kong police have intercepted eight drivers after they were suspected to have illegally carried passengers for money in a citywide operation to combat illegal providers of online ride-hailing services. The crackdown was disclosed on Wednesday night, hours after a taxi union cancelled a strike planned for next month following a meeting with government advisers…
Hong Kong’s ride-hailing firms are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel after more than a decade of operating mostly illegally and locking horns with the taxi industry. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan is intent on legalising ride-hailing and opening the sector to all players. A framework for regulating the platforms…
A 21-year-old Chinese man who travelled from Beijing to Hong Kong in 13 days by taking buses and spending only 800 yuan (US$110) on transport has captivated mainland social media. The man, who uses the pseudonym Shen Tie, is a university student from Liaoning province in northeastern China who is studying in Yantai, Shandong in…