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TRUCKER4S' PROTEST * Taiwan - Highway freight rates poised to go up soon
The government will let highway freight companies increase transport service charges but turned down trucking firms' requests for subsidies in fuel costs and the exemption of license plate and fuel taxes
Taipei, Taiwan -The China National Post/CNA -24 June 2008: -- ... After more than 100 truck drivers staged a protest at Loudong Park in northeastern Yilan County on Sunday, a group of drivers took dozens of trucks and trailers to the Legislative Yuan yesterday to press their case... They complained that fuel used to account for 15 percent of their total operating cost but the percentage has soared to between 50 and 60 percent following the skyrocketing oil prices... It is unfair for them to receive no subsidies for fuel costs from the government, unlike other mass transport firms, they said... In addition to seeking subsidies for fuel costs, they demanded license plate tax and fuel tax exemptions to alleviate their financial burden... In order to stay in business, three highway freight associations had submitted a plan to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to raise freight charges by an average of 8.8 percent... (Photo: A group of truck and trailer drivers hold a protest outside the Legislative Yuan with banners calling for “fair treatment” from the government. They demanded a hike in freight rates yesterday. They also asked the government to give subsidies for their fuel costs as given to other public transport companies)Labels: truckers' protest worldwide
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