https://www.scmp.com/rss/521772/feed Tada, a Singapore-based ride-hailing service founded in 2018, operates in the transportation sector across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Hong Kong. It specialises in app-based intracity taxi and car rides, targeting commuters and drivers. Notably, Tada is recognised for its unique "zero-commission" model for drivers, fostering fairer earnings and competitive fares for riders. This approach has driven significant growth, securing a strong market position,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Denise Tsang,Ng Kang-chung,Oscar Liu Denise Tsang,Ng Kang-chung,Oscar Liu Hong Kong taxi trade leaders and Uber have both expressed concerns over a looming quota for ride-hailing vehicles, despite transport authorities vowing to consult stakeholders before setting the final figure. They were responding to the Transport and Logistics Bureau’s submission to lawmakers of regulatory details for the industry on Monday. It pledged to include the quota in the final gazetted document, pending lawmakers’ approval before their summer recess in mid-July. Platforms Uber, Tada,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353204/how-many-ride-hailing-permits-should-hong-kong-allow-depends-who-you-ask?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353204/how-many-ride-hailing-permits-should-hong-kong-allow-depends-who-you-ask?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 May 2026 00:30:07 +0000 Oscar Liu,Matthew Cheng,Wynna Wong,Denise Tsang Oscar Liu,Matthew Cheng,Wynna Wong,Denise Tsang Hong Kong authorities plan to finalise the cap on ride-hailing vehicles and the technical framework of a long-awaited regulatory regime for the service before making them law ahead of the legislature’s recess in mid-July. In a document submitted to the Legislative Council on Monday, the Transport and Logistics Bureau also outlined penalties for ride-hailing platform operators that failed to comply with the rules. Offenders could face fines of up to HK$1 million (US$127,720) and 12 months in jail... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353118/calls-20500-ride-hailing-permits-keep-15000-cars-hong-kong-roads-daily?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3353118/calls-20500-ride-hailing-permits-keep-15000-cars-hong-kong-roads-daily?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 May 2026 06:56:36 +0000 Fiona Chow Fiona Chow A former People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier has been sentenced to eight months in prison for illegally carrying passengers in his Tesla Model S luxury car using a ride-hailing platform while in Hong Kong as a tourist. Fanling Court on Monday heard that Zeng Yulin, 39, travelled to Hong Kong from Shenzhen between June and August last year to offer paid rides using online mapping service Amap, earning more than HK$73,000 (US$9,400) in two months. He told Acting Principal Magistrate Veronica... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3341221/ex-pla-soldier-jailed-8-months-offering-illegal-ride-hailing-trips-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3341221/ex-pla-soldier-jailed-8-months-offering-illegal-ride-hailing-trips-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:35:21 +0000 Lam Ka-sing,Ambrose Li Lam Ka-sing,Ambrose Li Hong Kong’s taxi industry is gearing up for a new battle over fair competition in the wake of a ride-hailing bill’s passage, demanding a meeting with transport officials and warning that the government’s franchised fleet initiative may be undermined. While industry bodies on Thursday broadly welcomed the long-awaited legal framework, they also raised unresolved details, saying the new law would be meaningless without strict and equitable rules on licensing, vehicle standards and operational... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3329285/taxi-industry-shifts-focus-fair-play-after-hong-kong-passes-ride-hailing-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3329285/taxi-industry-shifts-focus-fair-play-after-hong-kong-passes-ride-hailing-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:12:23 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li Ride-hailing companies are expected to be licensed by the fourth quarter of next year after legislators passed a bill establishing a regulatory framework for the services in Hong Kong, a step that should bring to an end a long-running acrimonious dispute with the taxi trade. By a show of hands, lawmakers passed the Road Traffic Amendment Bill on Wednesday, and it will be sent to Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu for his signature before being gazetted. “The passage of the bill marks a new... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3329141/milestone-law-ends-decade-limbo-ride-hailing-services-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3329141/milestone-law-ends-decade-limbo-ride-hailing-services-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:50:54 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Hong Kong authorities could use their right to control ride-hailing prices to prevent excessive and reductive competition, or involution, the Post has learned, but a lawmaker warned on Sunday that this could cause legal problems and suggested regulation through controlling the number of licences issued instead. A source said that the government could, under an existing section of the Road Traffic Ordinance, set a minimum price for ride-hailing services to avoid involution among ride-hailing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3324643/hong-kong-may-set-ride-hailing-floor-price-prevent-involution-post-learns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3324643/hong-kong-may-set-ride-hailing-floor-price-prevent-involution-post-learns?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:03:34 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A mainland Chinese visitor has been remanded in custody pending his trial in Hong Kong for allegedly offering ride-hailing services without a hire car permit. Ye Hai, 41, was escorted to Kowloon City Court on Wednesday to face three charges after police scooped up the defendant a day earlier in a sting operation targeting private vehicle drivers suspected of accepting paid customers without the relevant permits. The defendant, who entered Hong Kong last Friday with a two-way permit, allegedly... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3317381/mainland-driver-charged-hong-kong-offering-ride-hailing-service-without-permit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3317381/mainland-driver-charged-hong-kong-offering-ride-hailing-service-without-permit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:42:02 +0000 Harvey Kong Harvey Kong Nearly 80 per cent of more than 4,800 Uber drivers polled in Hong Kong are worried that a strict quota or high licensing fees under coming new regulations for ride-hailing platforms will threaten their livelihoods. The results of the poll conducted by platform operator Uber in June were revealed on Tuesday, just days after Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan announced that a highly anticipated regulatory proposal would be submitted to the legislature before the end of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3317361/80-hong-kong-uber-drivers-worried-about-quota-and-fees-under-new-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3317361/80-hong-kong-uber-drivers-worried-about-quota-and-fees-under-new-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:29:18 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong court has quashed a government decision to refuse hire car permits to two prospective Uber drivers seven years ago, rejecting authorities’ contentions that the move could open the floodgates for ride-hailing services and private vehicles to operate as “pseudo-taxis”. In a written judgment handed down on Thursday, the High Court found that the commissioner for transport’s dismissal of two litigants’ requests for a permit in 2018 to be based on an “impracticable, illogical and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3316820/hong-kong-court-quashes-government-decision-refuse-permits-2-uber-drivers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3316820/hong-kong-court-quashes-government-decision-refuse-permits-2-uber-drivers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:20:26 +0000