Taximan's Story

• Taximan


  A person who drives a taxi
• The Taximan has been a taximan for 20 years
• In the past, Singapore was less crowded and busy
• People like the Taximan, with no education and no capital for business, must work hard to earn money for their family
• The Taximan's family


  • 8 children
  • 6 sons
  • 2 daughters
• In the past, there was no family planning in Singapore, so people had many children
• Today, the government says 2-3 children is enough
• The Taximan's eldest daughter

  She is over 20 years old, stays at home to help her mother, is very shy, and has poor health, but is a good and obedient girl
• The Taximan's other daughter

  She has gone against her parents, which is very hard for the father
• Young people today are very different from when the Taximan was young - they disobey their parents and do things like go to nightclubs, take drugs, and have sex
• The Taximan sees young schoolgirls who change out of their uniforms after school to meet with foreign tourists and make money through sexual activities
• The Taximan makes a lot of money from these young girls and their foreign boyfriends, more than from other passengers who bargain with him
• The Taximan prefers working late at night when taxi fares are doubled, and waits outside hotels to pick up these young girls and their foreign boyfriends
• The Taximan once caught his own daughter, Lay Choo, behaving in a similar way to the other young girls, and severely punished her for it
• The Taximan is now very strict with Lay Choo, not allowing her to leave the house except to go to school, and having her mother constantly check on her and her friends
• The Taximan is worried about the troubles that young people today are causing their parents