One of Singapore's Last Few Radiophone Taxi Services
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4 жыл бұрынWhen was the last time you heard a taxi uncle speak into their walkie talkies to get customers?
In Singapore, Taman Jurong Radiophone Taxi Service was the first to use radiophone technology as a means to link up passengers with cabbies, which they still use up to this day.
With the advent of efficient ride-sharing businesses, the days of radiophone taxis might be numbered. However, Geok Szan and Mu Tong are some of the people left who continue to serve the community through the old-school devices, keeping their walkie talkies and friendships alive.
📍The Taman Jurong RadioPhone Taxi Service Ltd.
Yung Kuang Road, Jurong Town
Singapore 610066
Tel: 62657996
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@aidil4214 4 жыл бұрын
As humans we will definitely miss the past ~ that hits me
@whatisdis 4 жыл бұрын
The 'Grab' before Grab.
@killtheink 4 жыл бұрын
90s kid here. Seemed like only yesterday I was still hearing and seeing these walkie-talkies going off in the cab when it was cruising along the highway, when I was much younger. I would sit in the back (without a seatbelt like a badass lol because back then there were none) and stare at the walkie-talkie and go into a comfortable trance thanks to the static and some woman's voice (holy crap i probably heard this lady's voice and didn't even know it!) Now that I don't hear them anymore, I didn't realize when exactly I stopped hearing them until I saw this vid 😭 it's a nostalgic sound now but it used to be a sound that paid the bills and put food on the tables of the drivers' families 😕 how times have changed but we seem to have left behind the times when people used to talk to each other face to face socially and made a humble living with a "make do with what you get" mindset..sigh
@user-et7fu3jg9l 4 жыл бұрын
🙌
@michelletanch 4 жыл бұрын
I love the perspectives u show. Super authentic and interesting. Keep up the good work !!
@lorddayy 4 жыл бұрын
Wei cho bu hv ig?
@kennethdaniel8261 2 жыл бұрын
instaBlaster...
@ranger_27 4 жыл бұрын
"As a human we will definetly miss the past"
@prettycatmint4514 4 жыл бұрын
This service was popular in the 70's. There was one at Sixth Avenue which my mum would book with in advance every time my dad needed a taxi to go to the airport for an early morning flight.
@nwt229 4 жыл бұрын
i still call this taxi stand sometimes
@yaya-cj1mu 4 жыл бұрын
I feel compelled to call them now :/ my heart aches knowing that one day this will be obsolete... change is scary in that way; you can’t do without it and yet you can’t bear for it to happen🥺
@xJayteee 4 жыл бұрын
‘人都是会怀念的啦’ Because the past is all we have when our time is up.. It's the only thing that will let everyone go in peace.
@keithtan5536 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for featuring them. I used to engage their services back in my NSF days, whenever I book out from Tengah Airbase haha
@JamesLee-on1yb 4 жыл бұрын
I always drive past this place not knowing what is it for now i know it
@samor2763 4 жыл бұрын
Lol me too i live near there
@JamesLee-on1yb 4 жыл бұрын
@@samor2763 yeah good to know what is this for
@sofianomar838 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe you should start recruiting again. Who knows the respond could be overwhelming. I find that taking Grab is now more expensive than normal taxi.
@ruiseah 4 жыл бұрын
Taman Jurong, working hard to get the Airmen on nightshift home from Tengah. Just 2 years ago, NSF memories.
@bytemegga 3 жыл бұрын
My father used to work as a taxi driver with the Bukit Timah radio taxi. So glad you managed to get a hold of this one at Taman Jurong before it inevitably disappears. "39, 39"
@surendaniel 4 жыл бұрын
So nostalgic. Brought a tear to my eye.
@klipklapklop3359 4 жыл бұрын
Woah my grandma lives so near near and I’ve been there countless times and never knew about this
@plumsweetplum 4 жыл бұрын
Really loving this series, maybe because i growing old already haha!! keep going OGS!!
@tansionghuat3528 4 жыл бұрын
Previously, it was opposite taman jurong cinema & it was wooden building. At night, there were many people gathered at the stand to play chinese chess.
@Hello-jr2fg 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting perspectives that you all show! I’m sure a lot of us don’t really stop to think about the people that are affected by the changes in technology.
@toyhouse215 4 жыл бұрын
Giving a thumb up and giving the channel my support!
@ratgirl669 4 жыл бұрын
So cool!!! Definitely going to try 👍🏼
@nicholasting9726 4 жыл бұрын
I can see this being made as a movie about a group of friends got old :)
@ko-fl8hu 4 жыл бұрын
this is so nice to watch!!!!
@Jamie-yz5hs 4 жыл бұрын
What a happy family!!! This is the moments you won't forget for the rest of your life😍😁😎...
@Brown_Potato 4 жыл бұрын
SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE THESE!!!
@douknodawae7805 4 жыл бұрын
the og that i did not even know . glad to know about this
@sabsupsub 4 жыл бұрын
super cool!!
@SuccessforLifester 4 жыл бұрын
Uncle in thumbnail reminded me of penny-wise without the make up
@dianaahakim2001 4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of this before! I hope they will last a really long time!
@pinkipromise 4 жыл бұрын
you must be born in 2000s
@johnscallobs8273 4 жыл бұрын
dang ive lived in sg for all my 18 years but i never knew about this
@Randomsgzombie 4 жыл бұрын
Very old school feel, like the place
@mauricerizat 4 жыл бұрын
Great video
@jerylx 4 жыл бұрын
Ah i remember taking one of their taxis when I was coming home late from camp one day. I heard the 5 minute 10 minute thing from the radio and asked the uncle about it.
@tooop568 4 жыл бұрын
GJ OGS👍👍👍
@dotdotdotz 3 жыл бұрын
This was the lifeline for NSFs/NSMen in Tuas!
@likeforsure 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing thumbnail
@tomryann86 4 жыл бұрын
Wow that lady is still lucky to have the job knowing that technology has definitely kill the business sooner and later
@alex-vd4vm 4 жыл бұрын
Everytime I take bus 30 from Bedok it would stop just infront of this building. Never knew that they were still operating!
@tharushka1 4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of GTA Vice City cufman cabs at little hatti
@rinky_dinky 26 күн бұрын
i remember taking taxi's with my mum in the 80's the radio is soooooo noisy
@jheuzmigueldesembrana5956 4 жыл бұрын
It’s called the SMRT Singapore am I right.
@gnaselvanprakash7075 4 жыл бұрын
Supportive
@ellytan3760 4 жыл бұрын
My dad told me that he used to work there when he was 15 y/o cos my grandpa was a taxi driver 👻🌚
@vivianang3741 4 жыл бұрын
Is there anything we can do to support them ?
@leehyunsong7001 4 жыл бұрын
Every booking she made charge $4 damn we are lucky to have Grab
@CrazyPaperSun 4 жыл бұрын
“人都是会想念的嘛” T.T
@danong2423 4 жыл бұрын
I can still see the phone numberd
@nOtakuReview 4 жыл бұрын
That thumbnail was too freaky, thanks for the sleepless night lol
@khaitee3161 4 жыл бұрын
If a picture of that cute uncle is enough to give you sleepless nights, i fear for the stability of your mental health
@nOtakuReview 4 жыл бұрын
@@khaitee3161 Hahaha he looks like the creature from the IT movie, especially with the scene where hes in the gutter.
@seejinkang3862 4 жыл бұрын
Also known as Tengah Cab !
@Viggggggr 4 жыл бұрын
This is happening in los angles United taxi is last
@zaramuzaffar2524 4 жыл бұрын
This makes me sad.
@Love.RoslynnAria 4 жыл бұрын
So sad to see this 'dissappear' slowly because of the use of technology.
@magically_ 4 жыл бұрын
i didn’t even know this existed :( i thought people just flagged on the street lmaoo
@bibirkering1720 4 жыл бұрын
Eh I still call ths taxi tho. I thought many people still doing the same
@HumbleMicheal以仁慈 4 жыл бұрын
DHL passed thru
@wh7824 4 жыл бұрын
i didn't even know this exist XD
@fen17072010 4 жыл бұрын
Twe Foju same
@mkz24 4 жыл бұрын
Kalau kat Malaysia, naik taxi seat masam je la. Haha
@cheahlionel8925 4 жыл бұрын
I wanna intern here.
@jansoncyj 4 жыл бұрын
My house just ops , never know there such a service
@vincenttan6303 4 жыл бұрын
end of an era
@mitsurikanroji9548 Жыл бұрын
have to adapt when technology change so rapidly, ai will take over in a few years people may lose their jobs
@shimmyshimmy6724 4 жыл бұрын
Wait wtf isnt this beside my former sec sch HAHA and i thought it was just a random abandoned shelter
@fiqmusicaa 4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Husain same hahaha
@vianaztraguzt 4 жыл бұрын
Ane kira kakek sugiono😂😂
@patriot4786 4 жыл бұрын
Where in China is this?
@share_accidental 3 жыл бұрын
it's in singapore, not china!
@patriot4786 3 жыл бұрын
@@share_accidental doesnt look like it 🤣
@Syahidsahoarder 4 жыл бұрын
Wholesome but they have to change. They're quite lucky their numbers dropped to 10 and not 0.
@bedwarsforever6374 4 жыл бұрын
90925324
@sybolchris2529 4 жыл бұрын
看不懂
@dianairish 4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who find the thumbnail creepy? No other better thumbnail to choose from? Such a confusion.. For one moment I thought this is a trailer of "haunted taxi" or something...
@houdini_227 4 жыл бұрын
Cant believe people are still using taxi in such an aDVaNcEd NaTIoN/country..people in indonesia are using grab and they’re country is shit im from thailand 🇹🇭