Friday, August 17, 2007

Metered Taxi Cabs begin service

Friday, August 17, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Currently, the city of Phnom Penh is being served by 11 metered taxi cabs which were put into circulation since 09 August. The Cambodia Daily reported that the service of the metered taxi cabs is provided by the Vietnamese company Mai Linh Open Tour. Kang Heang Ratana, the marketing manager of this Vietnamese company, said that this is a new type of service provided in the city of Phnom Penh after an investment of $99,000 by the company to expand its services. Kang Heang Ratana said that the green roof taxi cabs will charge $1.50 for the first 2-kilometer trip, and each additional kilometer will cost $0.80, however the per-kilometer fare will be halved for trips longer than 25-kilometer. Kang Heang Ratana said: “When the wheels of the taxi move, we will charge a fare. This is the standard taxi service.” Mark Vanhemelryeck who started the Vantha Taxi company in 1996 said that this new service may have a hard time competing with tuk-tuks and moto-doop.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

what the Viet is doing here ah Sok kong is not enought?