I REFER to the report “We will give cabbies all the help” (The Star, Aug 31) on Transport Minister Anthony Loke’s statement about the government’s bid to assist cabbies to obtain loans to buy their own taxis.
Taxi drivers do deserve help but it would be counterproductive if the assistance given lures more drivers into the low-income trap. It would be better to show them how to earn higher income, and to do this, it is necessary to look at past failures to work out the help taxi drivers really need.
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