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Comfort cabbies to get $306 <!--10 min-->
ComfortDelgro is passing on $4.6 million rebates to cabs. <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : start --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Maria Almenoar
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Comfort expects its road tax savings to come up to $4.6 million. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->COMFORTDELGRO, which runs a fleet of 14,000 taxis here, will pass on all its savings from its road tax rebates to its drivers from March. Each cabby will get $51 a month for six months, or a total of $306. Comfort expects its road tax savings to come up to $4.6 million.
Unveiled for all six taxi operators in the Budget last week, the Government will give operators a 30 per cent rebate on road tax for a year; the diesel tax on cabs that remain unhired for a one-year period from March will be pro-rated.
In all, the tax relief package will cost the Government $13 million. Although the rebates will be given out to the operators over a 12-month period from July, Comfort will pass its savings to its drivers four months earlier.
Its chief executive for taxis, Mr Yang Ban Seng said: 'In consultation with our Taxi Associations, we have decided to pass on the savings earlier and over a shorter period of time to help our drivers tide over this difficult period.'
All the other taxi companies have also said they will pass on their savings to cabbies. Some are opting to disburse the money in cash while one will give it out through the Medisave.
Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, Covering Adviser, Taxi Operators' Associations, which represents the six associations said: 'I applaud ComfortDelgro's swift response in passing on the savings to its taxi drivers in cash rebates. I hope the other taxi companies would do the same as soon as possible to provide their taxi drivers with quicker relief.'
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_331889.html
Comfort cabbies to get $306 <!--10 min-->
ComfortDelgro is passing on $4.6 million rebates to cabs. <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : start --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Maria Almenoar
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Comfort expects its road tax savings to come up to $4.6 million. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->COMFORTDELGRO, which runs a fleet of 14,000 taxis here, will pass on all its savings from its road tax rebates to its drivers from March. Each cabby will get $51 a month for six months, or a total of $306. Comfort expects its road tax savings to come up to $4.6 million.
Unveiled for all six taxi operators in the Budget last week, the Government will give operators a 30 per cent rebate on road tax for a year; the diesel tax on cabs that remain unhired for a one-year period from March will be pro-rated.
In all, the tax relief package will cost the Government $13 million. Although the rebates will be given out to the operators over a 12-month period from July, Comfort will pass its savings to its drivers four months earlier.
Its chief executive for taxis, Mr Yang Ban Seng said: 'In consultation with our Taxi Associations, we have decided to pass on the savings earlier and over a shorter period of time to help our drivers tide over this difficult period.'
All the other taxi companies have also said they will pass on their savings to cabbies. Some are opting to disburse the money in cash while one will give it out through the Medisave.
Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, Covering Adviser, Taxi Operators' Associations, which represents the six associations said: 'I applaud ComfortDelgro's swift response in passing on the savings to its taxi drivers in cash rebates. I hope the other taxi companies would do the same as soon as possible to provide their taxi drivers with quicker relief.'
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