Senior Minister of State for Transport Ng Chee Meng announced in Parliament that there will be a new licensing framework for private-hire car drivers starting from the first half of 2017.
Here are the changes to the Chauffeured Services sector such as Uber and GrabCar:
Taken from LTA’s website
Some time last year, the National Taxi Association (NTA) had sent a notice to the Ministry of Transport and made some recommendations to regulate the private-hire car drivers and to also review taxi regulations to make the competition fairer.
And in response to the changes announced in Parliament yesterday, NTA Adviser Ang Hin Kee posted a response on his Facebook.
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