TRANSPORT
Taxi drivers warn of CNG hike woes
- Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Taxi operators yesterday repeated their calls for the government to come up with measures to offset their plight if the price of compressed natural gas for the transport sector is increased to reflect the market price.
"We are asking for help if the gas price really needs to be raised [by the government]," said Witoon Naewpanich, chairman of the Transportation Service Cooperative Federation of Thailand (TSCF).
Among the federation's proposals are extending the maximum number of years a taxi can be on the road to 12 years old from the current nine.
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