Hong Kong rules out favouring existing ride-hailing platform drivers for permits

Hong Kong authorities will not favour existing ride-hailing platform drivers in the allocation of such vehicle permits, citing concerns about encouraging illegal activities and difficulties in execution, the transport minister has said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Monday also refrained from revealing whether a time frame was being planned to review the controversial 10,000 permit cap despite repeated queries from lawmakers during the Legislative Council’s subcommittee...

By Edith Lin