Representatives of several taxi groups submitted a joint application for an increase in taxi fares to the Transport Bureau (DSAT) yesterday.

The cabbies insisted that the increase was needed to keep pace with the sector’s rising running costs.

Speaking to reporters after meeting with DSAT Director Lam Hin San, Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Association President Tony Kuok Leong Son said that the income of taxi drivers had been dropping in recent years as a result of the rising costs of fuel, repairs and maintenance, adding that the taxi sector, therefore, was requesting a fare increase.

Macau Taxi Drivers Mutual Association President Tony Kuok Leong Son (front), accompanied by members of his and other taxi groups, speaks to reporters yesterday after a closed-door meeting with the Transport Bureau (DSAT) about their proposed taxi fare hike. Photos: Tony Wong

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