Hong Kong police arrested 24 taxi drivers who parked their cars on a highway leading to the territory's international airport, blocking hundreds of visitors heading downtown for hours, an official and local media said Thursday.
The protesters were rural taxi drivers angry about a new fare system that allows urban taxis to charge lower fares and attract more customers.
Both rural and urban-based taxis can pick up passengers at the airport, but city cabs now charge less to go to rural areas because their fare system is higher for short journeys, but lower for longer ones. Previously, rural taxis were cheaper.
The protesters blocked the entrance to …
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