Can Hong Kong attract a younger workforce to keep cabs running?

Hong Kong Transport Department figures also show that only about 15 per cent of them are younger than 50, and more than 8 per cent are older than 70

The South China Morning Post recently published an analysis of the 210,000 licensed drivers of Hong Kong’s iconic taxi fleet. Those Toyota Crown sedans are a venerable design, released in 1995. More venerable still are its drivers, nearly half of whom are older than 60. Hong Kong’s taxi drivers are a service sector aging in real time, a microcosm of a service economy going the same way.

Hong Kong has no mandated retirement age for its taxi drivers. Hong Kong Transport Department figures also show that only about 15 per cent of them are younger than 50, and more than 8