El sector del taxi en Hong Kong advierte que el 10 por ciento de los vehículos podría ser embargado

El sector del taxi en Hong Kong ha advertido que alrededor del 10 por ciento de los taxis de la ciudad podrían ser embargados por los bancos a medida que los valores de las licencias caen y los conductores se trasladan a un nuevo sistema de transporte privado.

El líder del sector, Chau Kwok-keung, afirmó que unos 1.800 de los 18.163 taxis de la ciudad podrían enfrentarse pronto a embargos después de que los propietarios no pudieran cumplir con los pagos de sus hipotecas. Declaró esto después de que las autoridades establecieran el martes un límite de 10.000 vehículos para los permisos de transporte privado. Los valores de las licencias de taxi han caído drásticamente desde un pico de 7,66 millones de dólares de Hong Kong en 2009. Hasta mayo de este año, se situaban en 2,62 millones de dólares de Hong Kong para los taxis rojos urbanos y 1,45 millones de dólares de Hong Kong para los taxis verdes de los Nuevos Territorios, según el Hong Kong Taxi Exchange. Chau, presidente de la Asociación de Taxis y Autobuses Públicos de Hong Kong, señaló que más conductores podrían pasarse ahora a tiempo completo a los servicios de transporte privado. La advertencia se produce en medio de un largo esfuerzo por crear un marco regulatorio para dichas operaciones.

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