By Maria Almenoar & Wee Jun Kai

SOME taxis are holding back from joining the queues at Changi Airport just before 5pm on weekends so that they can collect the higher surcharges which kick in after that time.

Taxi coordinators at each of the three main airport terminal taxi stands say they have noticed the flow of taxis slowing to a trickle between 4.45pm and 5pm.

Said a coordinator at Terminal 3, who did not want to be named: 'We wave at them to come forward but some just ignore us and stay put.'

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