TAXI SURCHARGE AT MBS AND RWS
May 7, 2010 – The Straits Times
Long queues, slap surcharge
ARE taxi companies indiscriminately imposing taxi surcharges? Some commuters and transport experts certainly think so.Taking aim at the recent decision by six cab companies to impose a $3 surcharge for trips from the two integrated resorts, they said it smacked of profiteering. The resorts, they note, are in very accessible areas.
Others pointed out that the IRs themselves were not without blame: They had lobbied the taxi companies to impose surcharges, and should absorb them.
But cab companies are standing their ground. They say that if taxi-drivers do not want to go to a certain place, sweetening the pot is the best way to get them to do so.