Theme Talks
In the short film, Mr. Robert Footman, Commissioner
for Transport is playing the role of a quality
taxi driver - The boss FOK. He always keeps
his taxi clean and tidy, polite and has the
initiatives to offer assistance to passengers.
The first passenger in the short film is the
famous talk-show star Mr. Paul CHENG. After
Paul CHENG has got into the taxi, he immediately
praised the well equipped liquefied petroleum
gas (LGP) taxi driven by the boss FOK, on
which a taxi meter, talking functions, Braille
and tactile taxi registration number plates
have been installed for the convenience of
the passengers who have visual impairment(video
1).
Another passenger in the short film is a
female passenger carrying a piece of large
luggage. When the Boss FOK sees this, he immediately
gets off the car to assist her, and places
the luggage at the boot of the car (video
2). Then, the third passenger is a
passenger who speaks Putonghua and is hurrying
to the Quality Taxi Services Forum. As this
is the first time that the passenger comes
to Hong Kong, the Boss FOK introduces some
snacks of Hong Kong in Putonghua for him,
including dim sum, bean curd dessert and won
ton noodle. When the boss FOK adds some LPG
gas at the gas station in the evening, he
meets other taxi drivers. During the chat,
he knows that one of the drivers hands the
mobile phone left by a passenger to the Police
Station. The Transport Department also issues
a letter to compliment the good act done by
the taxi-driver (video
3).
The last scene of the short film is taken
in a Chinese restaurant. The boss FOK is dining
with fellow taxi-drivers. After the meal,
as it was raining, they can only stay in the
Chinese restaurant. The short film has covered
the joy and sorrow of the taxi-driver. As
the boss FOK has a 'long journey passenger',
he obtains more than six hundred dollars in
half day's work. On the contrary, another
taxi driver called 'Ah Keung' does not pay
attention to the cleanliness of his taxi,
and he is also impolite to the passengers,
therefore his income is very limited.
Another taxi driver is played by the Chairman
of Ad Hoc Quality Taxi Services Steering Committee
Jeffrey LAM. Mr. LAM. points out that as the
Hong Kong economy is in a downturn, taxi drivers
can only spend more efforts in providing quality
services, as though they are Tourist Ambassadors.
Recently, the Government has relaxed control
on many restricted areas; the income of taxi-drivers
should improve gradually.
Subsequently, a driver flipped the pages
of a car magazine, various taxi drivers sketched
an ideal model of a luxurious taxi in which
genuine leather seats, octopus system and
mini screen behind the headrest are installed.
The taxi driver can also introduce himself
through the screen, remind the passengers
to fasten the seat belt, explain the taxi
fee charges and so on(video
4).
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