Taxi owners may get help

NST (13/5/08): The government is considering issuing licences for owner-driver taxis, Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said yesterday. The issuance of taxi licences was suspended in September 2004. Noh said he was aware of the problems faced by taxi drivers using rented vehicles. "We will consider issuing licences to individuals," he said in reply to a supplementary question from Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman (Pas-Pengkalan Chepa).