200 cab drivers stage protest to highlight their plight to Government

Fighting for their livelihood: Taxi drivers protesting against Uber and Grabcar outside the Penang City Hall at the Esplanade.

GEORGE TOWN: Some 200 cabbies gathered at the Esplanade here for a four-hour strike-cum-protest as a final plea to the Federal Government against the legalising of Uber and GrabCar e-hailing services in the state.

Penang Taxi Associate Associa-tion secretary Mohamad Shahimi Hadzri appealed to the Prime Minister to do something or the taxi industry would collapse.