KUCHING: The Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah called on taxi operators in the state to look at the operation of e-hailing services such as Uber and Grab holistically.
“The drop in business among taxi operators occurred not only to those in Sarawak and Malaysia but all over the world.
“When there is change in the system, where in this case customers can hail a cab to bring them from one place to another simply by using their smartphone, this will no doubt create issues for taxi operators,” he said, as reported by The Borneo Post, when commenting on the recent appeal made by taxi drivers to Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to help them cushion the blow resulting from the operation of Uber and Grab in the state.
