KL-ites rally around Uber, slam taxi services


  • TECH
  • Monday, 29 Sep 2014

GO UBER!: Leon Foong, head of operations; Lakshmi Patmarajah, head of marketing and partnerships; and Low Jian Wei, driver operations manager from Uber KL office at The UberX launch back in August

Taxi users in Kuala Lumpur, long frustrated with rude and demanding taxi drivers, are defending Uber on Twitter, pending a crackdown by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) on Oct 1, for not having the required licenses to ferry passengers.

Many described Uber, the taxi-like smartphone-app service, as a preferred alternative to KL taxis that had failed Malaysia for “far too long". 

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