Uber has long sought to get a break in Hong Kong, where a population of more than 7 million is served by 18,163 licensed taxis and about 40,000 drivers. Photo: Winson Wong
Uber has long sought to get a break in Hong Kong, where a population of more than 7 million is served by 18,163 licensed taxis and about 40,000 drivers. Photo: Winson Wong
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exclusive | Hong Kong taxi firm owner scraps partnership with Uber after ‘threats to family’s safety and potential insurance boycott’

  • Owner of Tin Shing Motors absent from scheduled launch event after being labelled ‘traitor to industry’
  • Arrangement would have allowed users to hail taxis through Uber’s existing mobile app

Cannix YauDenise Tsang
Cannix Yau and Denise Tsang

Updated: 10:54pm, 5 Mar, 2019

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Uber has long sought to get a break in Hong Kong, where a population of more than 7 million is served by 18,163 licensed taxis and about 40,000 drivers. Photo: Winson Wong
Uber has long sought to get a break in Hong Kong, where a population of more than 7 million is served by 18,163 licensed taxis and about 40,000 drivers. Photo: Winson Wong
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