Govt announces Taxi Fleet Licence application results
The Government announced today (July 31) that the assessment panel formed by representatives from the Transport and Logistics Bureau and the Transport Department (TD) has completed the assessment of Taxi Fleet Licence applications.
The five applicants awarded Taxi Fleet Licences, in alphabetical order of the company names, are Big Boss Taxi Company Limited, CMG Fleet Management Limited, Sino Development (International) Company Limited, SynCab Service Limited and Tai Wo Management Limited.
The TD received a total of 15 applications during the application period, three of which did not meet the application requirements. After assessing the 12 applications that met the requirements, the above five applicants obtaining the highest scores were selected by the assessment panel. Conditional grants of the Taxi Fleet Licence were issued to them accordingly, and they are required to complete the gearing-up work and commence services within one year. By that time, each taxi fleet will be issued with a Taxi Fleet Licence with a validity period of five years. The TD will actively promote and assist the taxi fleet operators to commence operations as soon as possible.
The selected applicants include three urban fleets and two mixed fleets, with a fleet size of 300 to 1,000 taxis each, providing a total of over 3,500 taxis, which account for nearly 20 percent of the total number of taxis in Hong Kong.
The selected applicants will deploy about 1,500 new vehicles in total as fleet taxis at the time of service commencement, accounting for over 40 percent of the total number of fleet taxis. The vehicle age of the remaining fleet taxis will not exceed three years. A certain number of wheelchair-accessible taxis and premium taxis, as well as electric taxis of more than one-fourth of the fleet, will be put into service in phases for each taxi fleet to cater to the diverse travel needs of individuals and promote green transport.
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