Seems like drivers in Malaysia-registered cars are flouting Singapore's laws by providing point-to-point transport services for tourists here in SG. It is against the law in SG that cars without a Public Service Vehicle Licence, including Malaysia-registered private cars, are used to provide taxi or chauffeured private-hire car services in Singapore.
Apparently, this problem of Malaysian registered cars plying their services here have been around for a long time, and is common knowledge within the industry. In fact, more and more Malaysian cars are seen picking up passengers from Changi Airport, and driving them to their hotel in SG. And these Malaysian cars charge so much less than SG cars going to same pick up and drop off locations.
So, if this is a well known problem, how come the authorities are not acting on it? LTA issued a statement via a local Media outlet last week that all vehicles without a Public Service Vehicle Licence, including Malaysia-registered private cars, are not allowed to provide taxi or chauffeured private-hire car services in Singapore.
They think issue statements like that are enough? Seriously, are the authorities just sitting on their jobs and doing nothing bar issuing statements from their ivory towers?
