Mouse Pad – Taxis of SG

During phase 2 of our new normal, I started my mentee, Douglas,  on Taxis of SG as he likes to draw vehicles. Remember our childhood days in the 80s when we used to hail “Taxi!” and share them with other commuters?

In the late eighties, private radio taxi organisations operated their services from these make-shift huts. Fondly, The Sembawang Hill Estate Radio Taxi Service in Jalan Leban is still a living heritage today, though non-operational! The Boon Lay Garden Radio Taxi Service still operates. Got Douglas to quickly sketch this before it disappears from its locale at the Upper Thomson- Sembawang Hill Estate.

Taxis that used to ply the streets of SG
Reproduced from old photos are:-

1. 1949 – The First London-type Taxi in SG. We reproduced this from relevant images of old.

An Austin 1949 model arrived in Singapore in November 1949 as the colony’s first-ever London-type taxi, causing quite a stir as pedestrians and passengers gazed at the vehicle
with interest. Designed with a capacity to carry five passengers, the new taxi,
however, was out of reach for most drivers due to its high cost of $7,000.

2. The first yellow top taxis were brought into Singapore in 1933 by the Wearne Brothers, founded in 1906. We researched it and tried to reproduce it here with its winged tips!

3. Toyota Corona Taxis
– SBS Taxi- its colours mirror that of the SBS bus in the mid-eighties; re-interpreted from old photos

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