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Uber Purchases HKTaxi App

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    Uber Purchases HKTaxi App

    US-based ride-hailing service Uber has acquired HKTaxi, Hong Kong’s most popular taxi app, in a move that will push it even deeper into the local cab market.

    The move, announced on Friday, gives Uber – which itself is not considered legal by the city government – control of an app with access to more than 70,000 registered cab drivers. Since launching in 2013, HKTaxi has been downloaded more than 2 million times.

    Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...ong-cab-market
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    Is Uber still illegal in HK? Would buying this app be a way around that?


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    The Uber business is not illegal. Its the grey area for private drivers to operate as a taxi service which is illegal. Stupid regulations.

    Owning the taxi app does not translate to legalizing non taxi vehicles/drivers to operate as a taxi service. I think.