In light of the ongoing taxi vs ride-sharing saga, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has said that the Government will be looking to solve the problem between the two groups. The “war” recently resulted in taxi drivers holding a protest along Jalan Bukit Bintang, causing heavy congestion in the area on Tuesday.
Najib said the interests of both users and taxi service providers would be considered when coming up with the solution, which will be announced “in the near future,” after the Government studies various proposals.
In a posting on his blog, the prime minister said, “I understand and I am concerned about the problems and grievances faced by cabbies that is caused by the services of Uber and GrabCar drivers in Malaysia which is seen as affecting their income.”
He added that the issue was not limited to just Malaysia but elsewhere in the world. Several countries around the world, like France and Indonesia, are still grappling with the issue relating to these ride-sharing apps. Some have even gone as far as banning the services entirely.
Najib said the Government will have to consider various factors before coming up with a solution. This includes the element of innovation, competition and many others. “In this era of sophistication and innovation, we have to keep pace with technological developments,” he added.
Furthermore, he welcomed the competition between taxi drivers and app-based ride-sharing services, indicating that it be used as a stepping stone towards improving their services to the public instead of a hindrance.
“I hope that no one would follow their emotions and take drastic measures such as starting street protests that will only exacerbate the situation and damage their image. And it would not bring any benefit, especially for the users of taxi services,” said Najib.
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just remove the middle to get taxi license.
why the heck u need a middleman?
do u need middleman to apply for driving license? or middleman to apply for business license?
the middleman gets RM80 from taxi every single day without doing anything!
and the taxi driver has to fork out this RM80 even if he or she is on MC or the car is in workshop!
What is stopping the current taxi drivers from joining UBER then?
Tak MALU, Memaksa bapak turun dari P1. Tiada akhlak, tiada integriti, melupakan daratan. Hancurlah anak biadap, ini.
Should start ‘donation’ sharing first
najib cannot even solve his own issues of bad image, now he wants to solve this issue. Najib should first sort out his own issues and clean his image first.
Oh btw, where is the 30% car price reduction Najib promised to 30 million Malaysians? That also he mungkir janji. How he wants to sort Uber problems?
By the way, Uber is now part of the Malaysian Government via Khazanah. I am sure whatever feuds, Uber will win
30% price reduction is when Proton close down
minister nazri may have something to add to that la … taxi permit king
Is it true a fat women has share in Grab ?
Why ajib willing to help this issue… BUT WHY Rakyat keep asking for reducing car price yet he keep delaying the progress??? FatRos have shares in Taxi AP system association?
trying to win some votes from taxi drivers huh? btw i don’t think the idea of ride-sharing has any problem, the problem is the taxi drivers own attitude and service, especially those from the Airport. Stop complaining and improve yourselves la, don’t throw our face by using smelly old taxi and ridiculous high charges and bad attitude! you see, it is because our taxi company/ taxi drivers don’t have competitors that’s why they rot, no improvements. good competitors help each other grows, improve. the option to pick the best is the customers right. stop complain taxi uncle, improve yourselves, stupid government cronies also one of the issue, try to squeeze money from taxi drivers, why don’t you REMOVE THOSE CRONIES?
Gov ban, kena bash.
Gov legalise, kena bash.
Either way Party Hard winliaolor!
Support Proton = Support Tun M = Support Party Hard
That face though…
Is that a Tesla that Najib was riding in the pic?
Whatever Najib touches surely lose money or become scandalous…..
All ministers must resign. This taxi-uber also only pm to solve. Give all the post to pm. The other, g… b..a??
if the local taxi driver are good enough, no matter what sharing service apps coming into malaysia also it wont effect taxi driver income…try to think that the local taxi driver is running legally, so why they wont effect uber income ? please use ur brain… only 1 reason, LOCAL TAXI DRIVER HAVE NO PROPER CONTROL OR TRAINING, ITS SUCKS TO THE MAX !!!
Ask cabbies to improve their service and fare first before do anything because currently our taxi service is NO. 1 worst in the world & also need to think what we wants (passenger) rather than cabbies. We will give money & use their service only to the one that serve better.
Look at the model in developed countries and follow. Centralise billing and monitoring system. Let the taxi companies own the cars and make sure they maintain and update the cars. Put in a system to control errant taxi drivers (which is easy if you have proper systems in place). What these guys are doing now is giving people reasons to go for Uber and Grab. Take this opportunity and improve yourselves
Those taxis know only how to demand, can they then promise that no more taxi that will not follow the meter or refusing to go certain place at certain hour, if their demands are met??
Mr. Pm, we consumers are suffering from this bunch of unreliable taxis with no work ethics. So tell me, do you wish to protect the interest of these cabbies, or the interest of the general public and consumers? No one will shed a tear if the cabbies are replaced by Uber and Grab, wholesale… The cabbies only bring this upon themselves.