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    Premier Taxi announces new fare structure

    By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo! Newsroom – Fri, Dec 23, 2011

    Premier Taxis has announced its new fare structure, which will come into effect from 0001 hours on 30 December 2011.

    Its flag down fare will now be between S$3.00 to S$3.90, depending on the taxi model. This is a S$0.20 to S$0.70 increase from the current rate.

    Distance fares will also increase by $0.22, up from the usual S$0.20.

    They also reduced their peak period surcharge from 35 per cent to 25 per cent of the metered fare. However, the peak period time frame has been extended to 6am - 9:30am from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays), and 6pm - 12 midnight from Monday to Sunday, including public holidays.

    In a press statement released on Thursday, the taxi company said that it had consulted its group of hirers, including members of Premier Taxi Operators' Association, to review the emerging changes in demand for taxi services. This had led to the changes in their fare structure.

    Premier Taxi added that due to inflation and higher operating costs, their drivers' incomes have been affected. They believe that with the new fare structure, drivers will experience more productive hours on the road.

    Lim Chong Boon, managing director of Premier Taxis said, "We strive to keep taxi rides affordable for our commuters. On the other hand, we also have to look after our drivers to ensure that they are paid a fair wage for a fair day's work."

    Earlier this week, the Public Transport Council (PTC) had received notifications from Premier Taxis, individually-owned Yellow-Top taxis, Smart Automobile and Trans-cab that they would be raising their fares, a representative from the council told Yahoo! Singapore.

    The latest notifications follow fare hikes by ComfortDelgro last week, and SMRT Taxis this week. Premier and Yellow-Top submitted notices of their intentions to raise fares, while Trans-cab and Smart gave the PTC notice of their fare hikes on Monday.

    Prime Taxi is now the only taxi company that has yet to submit a notification of raised fares. Its general manager Eric Ang told Yahoo! Singapore that the company is still collating feedback from its drivers about whether or not to raise its fares, and will come to a decision before the end of this week.

    By PTC guidelines, taxi operators here are required to give the council a minimum advance notice of two weeks before raising their fares.

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    • g
      g  •  5 months ago
      Are we the commuters really so powerless?
      • swee hong
        swee hong 5 months ago
        You are right, what do you think we can do??
      • KO
        KO 5 months ago
        We are thanks to the 60.1%.
      • Starr
        Starr 5 months ago
        Sad to say the 39.9% have to suffer because of the 60.1%.......when will be the day when we Singaporeans can be united and vote as One People, One Nation with One Voice?
    • lei
      lei  •  5 months ago
      now they r very confident that there willl always be INCOME OPPORTUNITIES whenever mrt breakdown, and poor passengers have no choice... 趁火打劫啊!
      • Jonn
        Jonn 5 months ago
        Bandits without concience. Animals.....
    • A
      A  •  5 months ago
      Singapore is getting too expensive to live in. sigh...
      • OUT
        OUT 5 months ago
        More expensive to come if the GOV is not doing anything resonable
      • thethethe
        thethethe 5 months ago
        Singaporeans, in order to help your own income as what Taxi is doing,
        We should also follow and keep ourselves update to increase our prices also.
        Let's increase altogether and help ourselves..............
      • twinkle
        twinkle 5 months ago
        Honestly I almost want to ride bicycle instead of taking public transport, public transport getting more expensive. But in Singapore, it's not safe to ride bicycles on the road, cos road too narrow. And cyclists not allowed to ride on pavement also. How? Soon i think i may have to stop going out on weekends to save money :(
    • gnow
      gnow  •  5 months ago
      Imagine, if the cab companies reduce the rental fee by $10 a day instead of raising the fare, the cab drivers would have automatically gained $300 a month and everybody will be happy except for the shareholders of the cab companies. So it appears that the CEOs of the cab companies are just taking the easy way out by raising the cab fare instead of thinking of innovative means of increasing the companies' revenue.
      • thethethe
        thethethe 5 months ago
        Singaporeans, in order to help your own income as what Taxi is doing,
        We should also follow and keep ourselves update to increase our prices also.
        Let's increase altogether and help ourselves..............
      • GTeo
        GTeo 5 months ago
        @Thethethe....i think you are going down the drain...if you are a FT...i will say go back to your country...if you are a Singaporean...i will say time for you to go back to school!!!!
      • TIM
        TIM 5 months ago
        shareholders not SINGAPOREAN MEH!!!!!!
    • big
      big  •  5 months ago
      Handicap people will suffer the most as they needed the taxi all the time.
      • swee hong
        swee hong 5 months ago
        The GOV is thinking... these group of people better stay at home.. It is only that they cannot say it out!!
      • OUT
        OUT 5 months ago
        Papaya do not take taxi, they have their own car plus high pay...don't think they will concern more on these group of people, most concern is the 15k per mth
      • LOL everyone
        LOL everyone 5 months ago
        if they don't raise, their deep pockets will be handicapped.
    • Philip
      Philip  •  5 months ago
      Can our Competitive Commission do anything? Just Haul all of them to court for ganging up on Singaporeans and residents!

      I will help you collect 0.20 cents each from fellow Singaporeans to pay for the legal fees!
    • tay
      tay  •  5 months ago
      NO to minimum wages for the low wage earners.BUT taxi can raise N set fares.doctors, lawyers have minimum fees too.?? really sad for the low skill workers.
    • sy2505
      sy2505  •  5 months ago
      What is the need of so many taxi companies if everyone is doing the same thing?
    • walter oon
      walter oon  •  5 months ago
      Can PRIME taxis please resist the pressure of raising your fares? Show to all Singaporeans that you have a heart and that you are not in cathoods with NTUC Comfort. All of us should boycott NTUC and SMRT taxis to show our displeasure and if this goes on for a week or so, these two blood-sucking companies would have to lower their fares!
    • Show me the money
      Show me the money  •  5 months ago
      Look who will repent in next GE for leaving the transport systems in a big mess.
    • Dato' Foo Kee Mak
      Dato' Foo Kee Mak  •  5 months ago
      I need to use my motorised bicycle more often now.
    • Jkhh
      Jkhh  •  5 months ago
      Income opportunity
    • thethethe
      thethethe  •  5 months ago
      WE true 40% singaporeans had voted correctly .
      We really can foresee those greed Gov't will not stop sucking our hard earn $ after GE.
      The PTC, Seng HT, CASE are putting up a show, A real wayang show.
      Price fixing by them always legalise.
      Singaporeans, we must stop them on GE2016.
      Dun fall into their trap of Wayang, Sweetalk, Brainwash etc etc............
      Remember, Do not vote your area's MP even if they are good MP, cos they can't speak on our behalf.
      We really have to on just PAP or OPP parties, by den once all OPP are in full force, we will be able to turn Gov;t greed to singaporeans benefit.
      Let's vote OPP Parties on GE2016 for taking over as our GOV't.
    • Jkhh
      Jkhh  •  5 months ago
      Hello income opportunities for all taxi drivers
    • LJ
      LJ  •  5 months ago
      This morning I got into a taxi and was shocked to see the metre jumped so fast. I did not realise that the fare had increased as I was busy working overseas for past 10 days. Already more stress in work yet seeing this increase stress me even more. Work so hard..pay out more than we receive. There is no balance here in Singapore. Everything increase except our pay. Looks like I really need to plan to run to another country to live. I can't wait for the next election. The Government are really so cruel to our Singaporean. No heart and have no concern on us. We work so hard for them for nothing. Really sad to stay here:(( Now I have to think how to go back in a cheapest way.MRT also die..Chalak! Think I better buy a bicycle.
    • John Lim
      John Lim  •  5 months ago
      100% PAP in power. That it. They control the price again !
    • Oopo oopo
      Oopo oopo  •  5 months ago
      As expected, after GE, fares of everything start to increase. One by one.
    • james
      james  •  5 months ago
      No point complaining..the ruling party knows this..thats why they want to bring in more FT.
      Better the singaporean pools all the resources and operates own taxi services..maybe Workers Party can start first. This taxi services only for ssingaporean only. If other taxis operators want to increase so be it..The one will suffer is the fT themselves. PAP sucks..see u 2016 my voices will be louder than your loud speakers.
    • Apple
      Apple  •  5 months ago
      To increase pricing at the same time is a price fixing. They must be investigated! How come their fare increases are all the same....it cheating...corrupted Singapore
    • Andy
      Andy  •  5 months ago
      Anything for PAP, but affect public, Gerard Ee and his team acted fast!
      Anything for public, but affect PAP; Gerard Ee and his team got no balls to act.
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