LCQ3: Review of taxi service arrangements

Following is a question by the Hon Chris Ip and a reply by the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Ms Mable Chan, in the Legislative Council today (October 14): Question: Some residents in the New Territories have complained that it is difficult to hire New Territories taxis (commonly known as "green taxis") to travel to destinations in the New Territories during peak hours, and that when they attempt to take urban taxis (commonly known as "red taxis") plying for hire at taxi stands, they have repeatedly been subjected to refusal of hire. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council: (1) of the number of complaints received by the authorities and the number of drivers with points incurred since the implementation of the Taxi-Driver-Offence Points system, with a breakdown by the nature of the offences; the number of drivers who have been disqualified from driving a taxi due to accumulated points; (2) as there are views pointing out that drivers of red taxis plying for hire at public transport interchanges provided with both New Territories and urban taxi stands generally expect to pick up passengers travelling to urban areas, whether the authorities will, by drawin

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