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Taxi Stand Sign in HK Red taxis outside the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon. Hong Kong taxicabs provide taxi services in Hong Kong.Although a few taxis are independently owned and operated, the vast majority are owned by 17 independent taxi companies that rent out taxis on a shift basis to 40,000 self-employed drivers.
Red taxi in Hong Kong. Taxis of Hong Kong have three colour schemes based on service area: red with silver top for urban Hong Kong and Kowloon, as well as New Kowloon, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, most of Tseung Kwan O, and much of Sha Tin and Tsuen Wan; green with white top for the New Territories except the Lantau; and blue with white top for Lantau Island.
Most of the taxis in Hong Kong run on LPG (liquified petroleum gas) to reduce emissions. In August 2000, a one-off grant was paid in cash to taxi owners who replaced their diesel taxi with an LPG one. Since August 2001, all newly purchased taxis run on LPG. By the end of 2003, over 99.8% of the taxi fleet in Hong Kong ran on LPG. [13]
In Hong Kong today, there are three types of taxis, painted in different colors, serving different parts of the territory. The most common one, which is painted in red. The red taxi serves throughout Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Green taxis serve the New Territories and light blue taxis serve Lantau Island. Taxis pick up passengers from ...
In 2004, Cheung placed a lopsided sculpture of Hong Kong's iconic red taxi in the parking lot of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, by the taxi queue in Pedder Street in Central, and subsequently in many more public locations around the city and in Guangzhou.
In Hong Kong, there are three types of taxis. Red taxis serve the urban areas, green taxis serve the New Territories while taxis on Lantau Island are blue in colour. All three taxi services can ply for passengers at the Airport and Tung Chung, but only the blue taxis can take passengers to other locations on Lantau Island.
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A white card (Chinese: 白牌) is a citizen-owned automobile in Hong Kong used as an illegal unlicensed taxi. The term is a reference to fake taxi licenses. Actually it refers to the white license plates. Before 1983, taxis in Hong Kong had black license plates, while private cars had white license plates.