Legal revision to raise fines on Uber passes first legislative reading

The Legislative Yuan passed the first reading of a proposed amendment to the Highway Act targeting rider-sharing company Uber by raising the maximum fine for the provision of illegal passenger transportation services to NT$25 million (US$783,724).

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