Taxi Drivers Hold Rally Against Electric Cars

2 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Economy and commerce / Informal labor / Labor / Labor arbitration / Labor policy and administration / Social development
Angkor Archaeological Park / Apsara Authority / Banteay Srey / Bun Narith / Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association / Independent Monks’ Network for Social Justice / Kokchak commune / Phieng Samedh / Siem Reap City

Motorcycle-taxi and tuk-tuk drivers led a motorized rally of about a thousand people through Siem Reap City on Wednesday to call for lower petrol prices and a ban on the use of electric cars in the Angkor Archaeological Park. The rally, organized by the Phnom Penh-based Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA), began at 8 a.m. in Kokchak commune, just south of the Angkor Wat complex, and toured various markets in the city before delivering a petition to provincial hall. “The revenue from Angkor Wat is not falling to the tourist-focused tuk-tuk and motorcycle-taxi drivers and other small businesses. Most of the money goes to big businesses,” Von Pao, the president of IDEA, told the rally. “Therefore, today, we demand the Apsara Authority get rid of the electric cars so that [motorcycle-taxi and tuk-tuk drivers] can earn some profit to support their family.” …

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