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Passengers face rush hour taxi fare hike

Taxi passengers in the city could be forced to pay higher fares during rush hours, it emerged yesterday. The municipal government announced it is to carry out a full study into the raising of tariffs. The authority could also reinstate booking... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, May 06 2009

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