Stiffer penalties for taxi fare cheats, but cabbies say more can be done
Speeding up administrative processes and installing cameras within taxis are suggestions cabbies say could improve driver welfare.
Kenneth Lim
Singaporean journalist. NYU J-school alumn. Adept at writing for print, broadcast, or online. Loves the pulse of breaking news and the timelessness of long-form.
Highlights include covering the 2016 Bukit Batok By-Election, the 2016 Singapore Airshow, the 2015 General Election and the 28th SEA Games held in Singapore.
I started at CNA as a producer for two local nightly news bulletins.
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