$30 or more is expensive for the average HK passengers. Please keep it at $24. RMB10 taxis are also ok fare in large mainland cities.
$30 or more is expensive for the average HK passengers. Please keep it at $24. RMB10 taxis are also ok fare in large mainland cities.
Corrected it for you.
I had a chat with Mr Wong who leads the taxi group in the Transport Department last year. His small team has plenty of ideas to open up the market whilst still keeping it regulated and increasing the pay of drivers but non are allowed to see the light of day. The direction for this scheme for franchises almost certainly comes from the executive branch (Carries core circle) not the transport department.
I have heard through the grapevine the the winners of the 'open' bid for the franchises will be
- Didi Chuxing
- New World Development / Luxury Car consortium
- Taxi Licence consortium
But it is 10 months since I spoke with anyone on this so the targeted beneficiaries may of changed
HKTaxi is gearing up to apply for whatever this premium license is.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...g-kong-premiumTwo entrepreneurs behind the city’s most popular taxi-hailing app have said they would up the stakes and invest HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) in luxury cabs if the government pushed through its controversial plans for a new upmarket service.
Kay Lui, 34, co-founder of HKTaxi, has revealed he and his business partner Maff Wong, also 34, plan to bid for the operation of 200 premium cabs under the proposed franchised taxi scheme, which is likely to go before the Legislative Council this year.
Wouldn’t it be in the government’s interest to let at least one non targeted beneficiary win the tender to make the general public believe its an open bid?