Calls for 20,500 ride-hailing permits to keep 15,000 cars on Hong Kong roads daily

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Call for the issuance of approximately 20,500 ride-hailing permits has emerged in Hong Kong to ensure that at least 15,000 vehicles remain operational daily. This is in response to transportation challenges and a demand for improved regulation of ride-hailing services to avoid shortages.

Hong Kong authorities should issue about 20,500 licences in the first phase of regulating ride-hailing platforms, lawmakers and experts have said, arguing that the city needs at least 15,000 active cars daily to meet existing demand and avoid worsening transport shortages. The proposal came as several lawmakers told the South China Morning Post, on condition of anonymity, that the government had recently consulted them on a regulatory framework for ride-hailing services but had not presented any...