Hong Kong taxi trade to encourage cabbies to be more polite with 3-month courtesy drive
- Hong Kong Taxi Council says initiative will hold launch ceremony on Wednesday before drive starts on June 11
- Promotion drive running in tandem with Tourism Board’s campaign to address complaints of poor quality service
The board’s push, which rolls out on Monday, also aims to address complaints of poor quality service, with a video showing local celebrities, such as actor and singer Louis Koo Tin-lok, showing polite behaviour during a taxi ride and at locations such as a cha chaan teng and a shop.
“Officials will make announcements at the government headquarters on Monday and the chief executive is expected to initiate the campaign in some form,” a source familiar with the matter said.
The kick-off ceremony for the cab industry’s own push will take place at a taxi station near the Legislative Council at Tamar on Wednesday.
“We hope the Tourism Board’s campaign message: ‘let’s go the extra mile’ will guide and remind taxi drivers of the importance of being polite,” council chairman Ryan Wong Cheuk-pong said.
