ComfortDelGro, Singapore's largest taxi operator, which initiated the unprecedented levy three months ago, is meeting the Taxi Operators' Associations today to review the surcharge.

If the company decides to drop or reduce the surcharge, the other, smaller players are likely to follow suit.

ComfortDelGro spokesman Tammy Tan said: 'We had committed to removing it when market pump prices fell to December 2007 levels.'

Though the price of diesel has fallen by about 25 per cent since July, she noted that it had not reached $1.19 a litre - the lowest price sold at public pumps last December.

christan@sph.com.sg

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