'Like a hobby': Private driving instructors rue sunset industry that has quirky students, comfortable salaries

Taiwan

Singapore has just 305 private driving instructors now, compared with the 1980s when there were thousands of them. SINGAPORE: The year was 1978 and it was a day former private driving instructor Sunny Kang remembers vividly: One of his students stepped into his car for a lesson – wearing a wet swimsuit. “She came to learn driving while wearing her swimsuit. The moment she stepped in, the whole car seat was wet,” said Mr Kang, 75, in Mandarin. “I grumbled a bit and told her off, but she said