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A taxi driver waits for customers at a taxi stop in Mong Kok. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong

Opinion | Time to end Hong Kong’s licensing regime to foster innovation

The city’s licensing system for food stalls, taxis and care homes creates unfair power dynamics. A more flexible approach is needed.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong government accelerates plan for ride-hailing legislation

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Hong Kong transport

Letters | The case for building a transport museum in Hung Hom

Hong Kong youth

Letters | Hong Kong students’ mental well-being starts at home

Readers discuss the power of emotionally attuned parenting, and ways to improve the city’s taxi industry.

Secondary school students walk along a footpath in Fo Tan on June 6. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong to simplify written taxi exam in effort to ease driver shortage

Government hopes reduced and simplified questions will encourage younger drivers to join the industry and boost numbers for premium fleets.

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Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Hong Kong handling of taxi/Uber mess has been a decade of disappointment

The promised regulation could finally make Uber and similar operations part of the authorised transport network – or it could be another policy fudge.

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Hong Kong transport

1,000 premium taxis to operate in Hong Kong in July, half the intended number

Commissioner for Transport Angela Lee says five taxi fleets to be granted licences by end of July, and progress made has been satisfactory.

Authorities will grant licences to five taxi fleets by end July. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong transport

Letters | Let’s move towards a unified platform for taxi and ride-hailing services

Readers discuss a solution for point-to-point transport services, a way to improve the Guangdong driver scheme, and national security law.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | No way should Hong Kong bail out taxi licence holders

Their cause was lost the moment they treated a public transport permit as a tradeable asset. Government is right to focus on public interest.

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Hong Kong courts

Struggling Hong Kong taxi driver ‘accidentally’ put into chokehold, inquest told

Coroner’s Court is re-examining the death of taxi driver Chan Fai-wong, 65, in December 2012, a month after his arrest.

Police officer Lam Wai-wing testified at the inquest into the 2012 death of a taxi driver. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong needs route for taxis, ride-hailing firms to co-exist: lawmakers

Owners blame ride-hailing services for their taxi licences falling in value but legislators say there is more to it.

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The number of taxi licences has remained constant at 18,138 since the government stopped issuing them in 1994. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong leader rejects taxi licence buy-back amid ride-hailing competition

John Lee pledges regulatory framework for online platforms, but urges taxi drivers to improve service in the face of criticism.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong can support taxi sector by using levies to create fund: Uber executive

Ride-hailing company’s global head of public policy says city can learn from how Australia adapted to platform’s entry into market.

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Accidents and personal safety

9 injured in collision involving taxi, private car near Hong Kong Disneyland

Incident happened on Tuesday afternoon at junction on Magic Road when the private car struck the taxi while turning.

Rescuers on site at the scene of the crash on Magic Road. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Letters | Keeta’s dangerous order-grabbing mechanism should be scrapped

Readers discuss the safety hazard posed by Keeta’s system design, the heavy fine slapped on MTR Corp, the taxi licence system, and the jaywalking penalty.

A worker delivers food in Central district on May 28. Keeta’s order-grabbing system prioritises speed over road safety. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong needs ‘burning’ government urgency on ticket scalping too

The chief executive feels a ‘burning urgency’ to develop the Northern Metropolis. How about tackling some perennial problems as well?

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Hong Kong transport

New toll system, cheaper fees in place as Hong Kong’s Tai Lam Tunnel handed over

Government takes control of 3.8km tunnel after consortium’s 30-year franchise ends.

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Hong Kong transport

2 top Hong Kong taxi fleets approved for pre-booked pick ups at border crossings

Trial-run premium taxi fleets Joie and SynCab can be booked for pickups at city’s Shenzhen Bay and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge ports.

SynCab is one of two premium fleets that has launched service trial runs. Photo: Jelly Tse
The Philippines

Letters | Philippine maritime defence must focus on domestic needs first

Readers discuss how an empowered coastguard can serve the country’s coastal communities, removing red tape to facilitate SME support, and kind taxi drivers.

Accidents and personal safety

4 Hongkongers hurt after school bus driver allegedly faints, crashes into taxi

Police say school bus driver is believed to have fainted behind wheel before losing control and colliding with taxi on Wednesday morning.

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong taxi drivers should learn from negative feedback: John Lee

City leader calls for taxi trade to share suggestions ‘rationally’ to help government develop regulations for ride-hailing services.

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More than 30 disgruntled taxi drivers held a demonstration on May 9 outside government headquarters and petitioned for tougher action against illegal ride-hailing services. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong transport

Taxis and ride-hailing services can coexist in Hong Kong, transport chief says

Transport secretary says coming regulation of online ride-hailing platforms will be driven by the needs of the public.

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Online ride-hailing platforms such as Uber are currently not regulated in Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong transport

Ride-hailing firms in Hong Kong warned about legality as taxi drivers rally

More than 30 disgruntled taxi drivers gather outside government headquarters to call for tougher law enforcement against illegal services.

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Hong Kong

Editorial | Ageing Hong Kong taxi industry in need of younger blood for the sake of safety

Latest figures reveal a sharp increase in accidents involving Hong Kong cabbies over the past two years.

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Hong Kong transport

43% jump in elderly taxi drivers involved in accidents in Hong Kong since 2022

Latest figures by Transport Department prompts some industry leaders to ask if tighter regulations needed to assess fitness of older cabbies.

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An elderly cabbie waits for customers at a taxi stand in Mong Kok. In the first two months of this year, 95 elderly taxi drivers were involved in traffic accidents. Photo: Elson Li
Old Hong Kong

Then & Now | When sedan chairs and rickshaws dominated Hong Kong private transport

Taxis may be ubiquitous in Hong Kong today, but for much of the city’s urban history, human-powered transport was the only choice.

Taxi drivers at the carpark in the Sha Tin Racecourse before a protest against a government plan to scrap a taxi fuel surcharge in 1991. Photo: SCMP Archives
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong’s premium cabs are far too slow off the mark

Hong Kong trial run of high-end taxi service marred by cancellations and shortage of drivers.

Accidents and personal safety

3 injured in Hong Kong as 3-vehicle pile-up leads to tunnel closure

Taxi slams into another cab and cement mixer truck on Kwun Tong-bound slow lane of Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel.

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