2017-01-2003:00

UNIONIZED? The company said it has a deal with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the ROC, but a government official said it would maintain a crackdown on illegal servicesBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterUber Taiwan yesterday announced plans to launch a new service called UberTAXI next month by working with local taxi operators.However, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said the company would remain an illegal service provider and would be ordered to cease operations if it continues to hire drivers who do not hold a license to operate commercial vehicles.Uber Taiwan made the seemingly conciliatory move after amendments to the Highway Act (公路法) took effect earlier this month, raising the maximum fine for illegal taxi operators to NT$25 million (US$790,564).Uber said that the service is a partnership with the Taxi Driver Labor Union of the Republic of China, adding that it would initially be offered in the Greater Taipei area.People could call a cab by using the Uber app and would be charged based on standard rates set by taxis operating in Taipei, Uber said.Despite its partnership with the union, the company said it has no intention to drop its UberX, UberBlack and UberAssist services, which use non-licensed drivers.“The introduction of UberTAXI shows that a sharing economy and taxis can coexist in Taiwan’s healthy, vibrant and diversified market, which benefits both drivers and passengers,” Uber Taiwan general manager Ku Li-kai (顧立楷) said. “The partnership [with the union] demonstrates Uber’s commitment to the Taiwanese market. We will continue our negotiations with government agencies and hope that the government would draft appropriate laws to regulate ride-sharing services.”Union chairman Lin Sheng-he (林聖河) said that it is looking forward to its partnership with Uber Taiwan, as the technology developed by the company can help cab drivers find more passengers and increase their income.Passengers will have another safe, reliable and quality service option, he said.Lin said that 60 to 70 percent of union members said in a survey that they were willing to be Uber drivers if there is another platform out there that matches the service requests with the taxi drivers.However, the partnership would cease if the company continues to dispatch illegal taxi drivers, he said.Taipei City Professional Drivers’ Union president Cheng Li-chia (鄭力嘉) said that Lin made a unilateral decision to work with Uber without consulting other groups.Department of Railways and Highways specialist Hu Ti-chi (胡迪琦) said that the ministry is not yet clear about the details of the partnership, but it is glad to see that Uber has decided to work with taxi operators.However, Hu added: “Even if part of Uber’s operation is legal now, we will continue cracking down on its illegal services. That is, if it continues hiring drivers who do not have a valid taxi driver’s license.”Uber will have to apply to become a legal transport service provider if it dispatches taxi drivers and charges passengers for the service, she added.Uber would not have any legal issue if it simply serves as a non-profit platform that matches taxi drivers with passengers requesting cab services, she said.However, it becomes a legal issue if Uber pays and dispatches drivers to offer services, because it is not a registered transport service operator, she said.Statistics from the Directorate General of Highways showed that as of Friday last week, Uber has been fined a total of NT$96.49 million: NT$73.25 million for the company and NT$23.24 million for its drivers.新聞來源:TAIPEI TIMES











▲據傳20日開始摩斯漢堡調漲12品項售價。(圖/記者徐恩樂攝)

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去年底台灣速食業龍頭麥當勞宣布漲價,當時摩斯漢堡表示,雖然物料和人事成本增加,但考量經濟不景氣,暫時沒有調漲計畫。或許是「時機成熟」,網友在PTT上曝光摩斯漢堡漲價消息,包含主餐和副餐共12品項調漲5元,消息一出哀鴻遍野。

網友爆料,明(20)日起摩斯漢堡調整部分品項售價,包含摩斯漢堡、摩斯吉士漢堡、蜜汁烤雞堡、燒肉珍珠堡、薑燒珍珠堡、海洋珍珠堡6項主餐調漲5元;大薯、小薯、雞塊、新夏威夷鮮蔬沙拉、雞肉總匯沙拉、雞腿塊薯條組6項副食貴上5元。

網友指出,摩斯漢堡除了漲一波,也推出一項免費福利,未來點茶類熱飲,容量將會升級成大杯;他提醒熱愛摩斯的饕客,趁漲價前快去用餐。

▲摩斯漢堡深得年輕人喜愛,近年已是台灣第二大連鎖速食店。(圖/記者周宸亘攝)

摩斯漢堡表示,明天會公布新版菜單,部分品項會有調整。此外,摩斯官網公告,「因應年度系統維護』,網路點餐暫停1月20日之後的預約取餐功能,似乎也成察覺漲價的端倪。

消息傳上網,多數人表示難以接受,畢竟價格就已經比麥當勞、肯德基來得貴,「再見了,薑燒珍珠堡」、「又要漲啊」、「本來就不便宜了還要漲」、「大家不要去吃就會降價促銷了啦」、「去年吃還不錯,不過實在太貴」、「貴份量又小 現在又要漲價了。」

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【記者謝政儒台北報導】由台灣大哥大、嘉義縣政府、阿里山國家風景區管理處、林務局嘉義林區管理處共同舉辦的「2017阿里山日出印象-台灣大哥大音樂會」,元旦清晨5:30在阿里山對高岳隆重登場。

今天阿里山的氣溫雖然只有攝氏7度,但海拔2400多公尺的音樂會現場,前一晚就陸續湧進來自全台各地的人潮,提前上山卡位。除了上阿里山的省道台18線跨年夜大塞車,還有近千名遊客搭乘雄獅旅遊安排的紅眼班車,分別在昨晚7:00就從台北、台中、高雄出發,趕在元旦凌晨3:00前抵達阿里山,山上的住宿不但爆滿,還有許多人帶著睡袋直接夜宿阿里山火車站。

而新年的第一個太陽也不負眾望,在今天清晨7:03分準時露臉,2017年的日出璀璨耀眼,是歷年來最完美的元旦日出。當太陽升起的那一刻,耳邊響起的是由《Sirens藍色警報》和女高音黃莉錦跨界合作,詮釋重新改編的《明天會更好》和《We are the world》兩首經典名曲,華麗的人聲加上磅礡的管弦樂,帶動全場以高昂的情緒迎接新年的第一道曙光。

台灣大哥大董事張善政也是在跨年夜驅車上山的來賓之一,今年第一次參加阿里山音樂會的他看到全場爆滿的觀眾,難掩興奮地說,「曙光象徵積極的正向力量,2017年是台灣大哥大成立20周年紀念,期許我們也能像曙光一樣,用積極創新的熱誠,引領大家迎向數位科技時代下的嶄新未來!」

嘉義縣長張花冠爽朗的表示,「今天看到有這麼多人不畏寒冷、徹夜未眠來到阿里山迎接2017年,真的非常感動,我們當然也要用最溫暖的人情、最高品質的音樂演出,和大家一同迎接全台灣最美的日出。雖然2016年發生許多震驚全球的黑天鵝效應,但隨著2017年到來,相信今年將會是非常亮麗、充滿希望的一年!」

今年,嘉義縣政府安排了6輛20人座接駁巴士,免費輸運遊客,還特地準備象徵「日出」的茶葉蛋(1,300份)、象徵「雲海」棉花糖(400份)、和象徵「阿里山」的三角飯糰(400個),從元旦凌晨4點就開始發送給民眾享用;另外提供1,000條雙人圍巾、2,500個暖暖包、5,600張明信片,及黃色小鴨創作者霍夫曼授權跨界合作的「日出印象x泡泡樹蛙」資料夾等貼心小物,不到一個小時就被現場民眾索取一空。

音樂會在指揮江靖波率領《樂興之時管絃樂團》演奏英國天團Coldplay的《Viva la Vida》的旋律下揭開序幕;花腔女高音黃莉錦緊接著登場,最後在Sirens樂團帶動全場唱跳五月天《戀愛ing》的歡樂氣氛下,「2017阿里山日出印象-台灣大哥大音樂會」就在全場互道「新年快樂」的祝賀聲中,畫下完美句點。

(自立晚報20170101)

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