TAXI DRIVERS (Population and Age)

Dr Arthur Beng Kian Lam asked the Minister for Communications and Information, Second Minister for Defence and Second Minister for National Development how many taxi drivers there were in Singapore as at 1st January, 1985 and 1980 to 1984; of these taxi drivers, what was the median, and what was their average age.

Dr Yeo Ning Hong: The number of taxi drivers and their average ages over the last five years are as follows: Average age Year No. of taxi drivers (years) 1980 20,716 41 1981 26,647 41 1982 27,747 42.6 1983 31,949 42.5 1984 33,729 42.9 1985 34,632 43.4 We do not keep a record of the median age. (All data as at 1 January.)