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.
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