WITH his S$1,400 (RM3,579) salary as a delivery driver barely sufficient to cover his mortgage, household expenses and school fees for his two teenage children, Teng Khoon Hai decided to become a cabbie six months ago.
The problem was that he did not have the necessary qualifications in English, which meant having to pass a computerised test before he could qualify for a taxi vocational licence, issued by the Singapore Taxi Academy (STA).
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