Taxis: Reduce road tax, but up diesel tax?
A friend who is a taxi driver told me that whilst the Budget announced a reduction in the road tax for diesel cars – at the same time it also raised the diesel tax. Does this mean that it helps those taxi drivers who park long hours at say RWS, but tax those who drive high mileage on the road more? First they removed the minimum...
Why merge only neigbourhood junior colleges?
I refer to the recent news about the 8 junior colleges being merged, which will lead to the closure of Jurong JC, Innova JC, Tampines JC and Serangoon JC. In the news, it was mentioned that MOE's rationale for doing this is "Falling birth rate" and "Changes in population demographics across different estates also result in...
SMRT sells Taxi business, staff how?
Apparently, news have emerged over the weekend that SMRT is in talks with Grab to sell its taxi business. SMRT is the third largest cab operator, have been in the taxi market for 27 years, and is fully owned by Temasek Holdings. If even a government owned entity is to be sold to a private-hire operator, does this signal that...
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