Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng said yesterday that the government has drafted a bill regulating the city’s taxi sector, which proposes that cabbies caught refusing to pick up passengers or overcharging them four times within five years will have their taxi-driving licences cancelled.
Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, had completed its discussion of the bill, which aims to ensure the service quality provided by taxi drivers.
The bill is now slated to be submitted to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for debate and vote.
Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng addresses yesterday’s press conference about the government’s taxi sector bill, at Government Headquarters.Photo: Tony Wong
