When I was in Batam last week, walking near the previously Femina joint, I was horned by a taxi. Brand new silver cab. Reminds me of Jakarta's Blue Bird. Pakai Argo. Meaning, use meter.
Well I just found out Batam had a riot by taxi drivers against the metered taxi. A threat to their livelihood. Here's the original link in Indonesian, and the translated one using Google translator.
Also below is a case of a Singapore tourist, calling Silver Cab to pick him up at Batu Ampar Harbour Bay, but was blocked and asked to disembark.
http://veiledveiled.blogspot.com/201...-walikota.html
http://translate.google.com.sg/trans...%26prmd%3Divns
http://batam.tribunnews.com/2011/05/...ari-taksi-argo