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Assistant minister lauds special aid

PADAWAN: A special assistance of RM500 to tourist guides as well as taxi, bus and e-hailing drivers recently announced by the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will ease their burden, said Assistant Minister of Transport Datuk Dr Jerip Susil. He said that such assistance was important as the implementation of movement control order (MCO) […]

Lee urges taxi and e-hailing drivers to claim aid

KUCHING: Taxis drivers are urged to register for the one-off federal assistance of RM600 per driver and RM500 for each e-hailing driver in the country. On February 27 and March 27, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the National Economic Stimulus Packages 2020 which provide for the one-off assistance. Thus state Transport Minister, Datuk […]

Taxi operators seeking relief

KUALA LUMPUR: Gabungan Persatuan dan Syarikat-Syarikat Teksi Semenanjung Malaysia (GPST), which represents over 100 taxi companies, yesterday appealed to the government to look into the woes of taxi drivers and taxi companies whose earnings dropped by 90 percent last month with the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO). Its president Sheikh Mohd Shalahuddin Ayubi […]

The past, present and future of taxis

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don’t know their names, they don’t care about you, you don’t care about them. – Pam Grier, American actress My stints as a taxi driver in the Klang Valley and having written […]