Originally Posted by
Sjoerd
S$4K - S$6K seems very high. Even with your amount of S$150 per day after costs they would need to work 30 days / month to make S$4,500. That's called slave labour in more civilized parts of the world! A more normal work month (22 working days) would get them around S$3,300 which is also much higher than the amounts that have been mentioned to me by taxi drivers in Singapore (S$1,500 - S$2,500)
I think you need to get your numbers lowered down a bit. 4500S$ is called "slave labour" in your eyes? Even in Eastern Germany, I doubt many people are earning more than that - even if you take S$3300, that's still around 1800€ - and the taxes aren't anything as high as in most western countries.
Sure, SG taxi drivers won't earn a fortune, but their income isn't that horrible either. Taxi drivers are in almost all countries I know on low to very low paid jobs compared to the average income in that country..