Dept plans Uber meeting over legality

Deputy Transport Minister Pichit Akrathit plans to hold talks with the operator of a mobile application used for hailing taxis over its call for legal amendments to enable its services to operate legally in Thailand.

Mr Pichit said he expects to meet representatives from California-based Uber within a week or two to discuss the firm's claim that the Thai law governing public transportation is obsolete and its service cannot be registered as public transportation.

In a recently released statement, Uber called for legal amendments to better enable its service to operate in Thailand in the wake of a crackdown on the ride-hailing taxis especially in Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

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Transport chiefs to meet with Uber over ‘ride sharing’ claim

THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY will soon discuss legal issues with Uber over its ride-sharing app service, Deputy Transport Minister Pichit Akrathit said yesterday.

The meeting will be held in a couple of weeks to discuss a legal hurdle in which Uber claims it |cannot register as public transportation because Thai laws are outdated, Pichit said.

The response came after Uber issued a statement on Thursday calling on the public to sign a |petition to support its service.

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