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Taxi trade leader Chau Kwok-keung says he has never felt as much fear as he does now after transport minister Mable Chan set a 10,000-vehicle cap for ride-hailing service permits in May, in a bid to resolve what she… Chau, a 40-year veteran of the industry, worries that the trade, comprising 18,163 taxis and about 46,000 active cabbies, will be driven into a dead end because he believes the quota will...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Taxi trade leader Chau Kwok-keung says he has never felt as much fear as he does now after transport minister Mable Chan set a 10,000-vehicle cap for ride-hailing service permits in May, in a bid to resolve what she…
- News - South China Morning Post: Chau, a 40-year veteran of the industry, worries that the trade, comprising 18,163 taxis and about 46,000 active cabbies, will be driven into a dead end because he believes the quota will...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on HONG, KONG, KICKING, DOWN, ROAD.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 01:30 UK.
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- 17/07/2026, 01:30 PRIMARY FEED IS HONG KONG KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD WITH RIDE-HAILING QUOTA? (News - South China Morning Post • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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