Grab Holdings Ltd’s ride-hailing app showed fares in the hundreds or thousands of dollars briefly early afternoon in its home base of Singapore, with users in neighbouring Malaysia also reporting similar increases. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
Singapore ride-hailing users got a rude shock on Aug 20 after prices on the most popular app jumped about a hundred times from the usual rates, with short trips within the city costing S$1,000 (RM3,286) or more.
Grab Holdings Ltd’s ride-hailing app showed fares in the hundreds or thousands of dollars briefly early afternoon in its home base of Singapore, with users in neighbouring Malaysia also reporting similar increases.
