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For cabbies, Covid-19 lockdown has sent earnings into freefall

BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY

Radzuan Ahmad, 56, has been driving his taxi for eight years, mostly waiting for passengers outside the Section 13 Giant Hypermarket, which is located at one of the busiest intersections in Shah Alam. Police personnel inspect vehicles at a roadblock in Subang Jaya on Day Two of the movement control order March 19, 2020. — Picture by Choo Choy May

at the Bangsar LRT station, an eager Mossess ran to his cab and persuaded the team members to take a ride in his cab, only to be left disappointed, when told about the interview instead.“I have been driving my taxi for 20 years. I was an events executive before and was also driving a taxi at that time to supplement my income.

His wife is a teacher based in Perak and Mosses lives in Seremban, in his own home, and the travelling to and fro from Seremban to Kuala Lumpur, is another burdensome cost which he is unable to recover from his hours driving here. “Covid-19 is a huge blow, but we were already suffering. It took so much effort to get our PSV licences.

 

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