PUTRAJAYA: Cab drivers are giving Lim Guan Eng 24 hours to explain why e-hailing service Grab is given "preferential treatment" to provide complementary services to commuters. They are demanding that the Finance Minister resolve this issue that discriminates taxi drivers, failing which they will organise pickets nationwide. Tony Pua, who is the political secretary to the Finance Minister, was reported to have said that the government is in talks with e-hailing company Grab to provide complementary transport services to commuters. He said the move is to help the government to defray the cost of some of the public transport expenditure. Related story:Loke: No plans to scrap MRT feeder buses, Pua's Grab statement a personal view

Source: thestar October 17, 2018 03:46 UTC