UBER GOES AHEAD WITH UBEREATS FOOD DELIVERY|Uber非法載客爭議未解 今起又推送餐

Despite continued compliance controversies, Uber is set to launch its food delivery service, UberEATS, in Taiwan today. Legislators have criticized the multi-national herald of sharing economy for providing services illegally and demanded that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications pull Uber from app stores. However, the MOTC Minister Hochen Tan said it would be difficult to do so. On November 15th, Uber will launch its food delivery service in Taiwan. Legislators criticized Uber for ignoring the regulations as it launches the service before resolving the issues over its illegal passenger transport service. They demanded that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to withdraw Uber's app from the market. ==DPP legislator CHENG PAO-CHING MOTC Minister HOCHEN TAN== (Uber is launching its food deliver service tomorrow. Are you aware of this?) Yes, I am, but it is much easier to regulate its food delivery service than its passenger transport service. (So that means Uber is not afraid of the regulations. If it refuses to abide by the laws, why don't you suspend its app service?) This might lead to concerns among other international E-commerce operators over the market in Taiwan. According to the legislators, during his visit to Taiwan, Uber's global chief advisor stated that Uber will not register as a transportation operator. Facing the legislators' demand, Minister Hochen Tan stated that the Ministry will not "customize" laws to cater to Uber's needs. ==HOCHEN TAN, MOTC Minister== Even if Uber does not register as a taxi operator, it can still provide taxi services using a match-making platform or through collaborations with taxi operators. I think these are the directions that we would like them to head for. In addition to issuing fines for Uber's illegal passenger transport service, the Ministry will also fine Uber for illegal food delivery once the service is confirmed. Meanwhile, an amendment to the Highway Act has been submitted to the Legislative Yuan, which will increase the maximum fine for automobile transportation operators to NT$25 million and suspend violators from operation once it is passed. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG Uber在國外已經有的機車送餐服務，15號也將正式在台灣營業，將與知名餐廳合作，推出送餐到府的服務，立委痛批，Uber違法載客的問題都還沒解決，現在又要送餐，根本就不把台灣法律放在眼裡，要求交通部，乾脆直接把Uber的APP下架 ==民進黨立委 鄭寶清 vs 交通部長 賀陳旦== 明天要開始送餐了 你知道嗎 部長你知道嗎 我知道 不過送餐這件事情相對於 送真正的客人來講的話 管理上還容易一點 就表示他不怕你嘛 他不肯合法 你就把他app下架嘛 這可能也會讓其他國際性的電商 覺得這樣的一個做法有問題 有立委拿出Uber首席顧問上周來台發表的談話，指出Uber已表態，絕不會登記為交通運輸業，立委要求交通部要有積極做為，賀陳旦回應，交通部的底線就是合法，不可能依照業者的希望"量身打造"新法。 ==交通部長 賀陳旦== 即使不做計程車行業 他們也可以做計程車客運服務 這上面他可以是 提供一種媒合的 或者是跟計程車業界來合作 都可以做到 我想這些事情 我們希望他們朝這個方向來走 對於Uber違法送餐，交通部表示，在確認有營業行為後，就會開罰，而針對違法載客的部分，也會持續開罰，另外公路法修正草案也已送到立院，針對違規經營汽車運輸業者，裁罰上限，從15萬元提高到2500萬元，並可勒令停業 記者 薛宜家 蔣龍祥 台北報導