Should people applying for a taxi licence take an English language test? Should they have to undergo a medical?
And should taxi drivers, once licensed, have to adhere to a dress code?
These are among a range of questions posed by the regulatory body for taxis, the National Transport Authority, as part of a review it is conducting of licensing drivers to work in the industry.
The National Transport Authority says that since the introduction of a knowledge test for drivers of small public service vehicles such as taxis, limousines and hackneys in 2009, the numbers of drivers licensed here has fallen by 42 per cent.
And the ones who are licensed are not getting any younger. More than one fifth are in their 60s and 6 per cent are over 70.
Just 1 per cent are under 30.
