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EZ NEWS SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:05

Tai-Ex opening

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:05

The Tai-Ex opened down 14-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
12,858 on turnover of $2.4-billion N-T.

The market lost ground on Thursday, declining by more than 100 points as
investors took cues from losses on Wall Street overnight, where investors
opted to (選擇) cut their holdings in tech stocks.

Analysts say Thursday's heavy selling reflected caution, as the main board
moved closer to the critical 13,000 point mark, where high technical hurdles
prompted investors to pocket recent gains amid concern of further market
volatility.

FDA Reverses Planned Policy on Labeling of Products Containing Pork Fat

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:05

The Food and Drug Administration is revising regulations on the labeling of
products with pork fat ingredients.

The reversal of the policy mandates that such products must carry a label
showing the country of origin.

The new draft guidelines are a revision of the F-D-A's controversial
September 7 proposal, that said only pure pork fat would require the country
of origin label and that other products containing pork fat would be exempt
(免除、豁免).

The guidelines are part of the government's plans to open Taiwan's market to
imported U-S pork and beef products containing the leanness enhancer
ractopamine from January of next year.

Taoyuan Airport Begins Trial of Driverless Shuttle Bus Service

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:05

The Taoyuan International Airport has launched a driverless shuttle service
on a trial run basis.

The move is part of the government's efforts to push for a "smart airport."

According to the Taoyuan International Airport Corporation, the first phase
(階段、時期) of the trial service will continue until next Tuesday in Section
C of Terminal Two's P4 car park.

SKorea Untraceable Cases Reach New High

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:05

South Korean health authorities say the number of coronavirus cases with
unidentified transmission routes has reached a new high in the country.

Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.

Navalny Aides say Poison Found on Water Bottle

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:06

Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say a bottle of water
with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the
Siberian city of Tomsk after he fell ill on a flight to Moscow last month.

Navalny later was flown to a German hospital for treatment, and he has
recovered enough to post a photo of himself and his family Tuesday.

Members of his team accused the Kremlin of involvement but Russian officials
have vehemently (激烈地、強烈地) denied it.

Navalny's Instagram account said members of his team went to the hotel room
on Aug. 20-th an hour after learning he was ill and packed the bottles and
other items for inspection.

Storm Hits Finland and Northern Europe

Posted on 2020-09-18 10:19:06

A fall storm struck Finland leaving over 80,000 households without
electricity, disrupting ferry traffic on the northern part of the Baltic Sea
and prompting authorities to issue a warning for citizens to stay inside.

The storm, dubbed (稱為) ``Aila,'' first hit the Nordic nation's west coast
late Wednesday and swept on Thursday through the central and southwestern
parts of the country.

The rough weather caused trees to fall and other material damage, along with
with heavy rain and winds of up to 125 kph.

Ferry companies operating between Finland and Sweden in the Gulf of Bothnia,
and Finland and Estonia had canceled most departures on Thursday.

EZ NEWS SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:05

Tai-Ex opening

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:05

The Tai-Ex opened down 56-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
12-thousand 920 on turnover of 3.1-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher on Wednesday, as buying focused on Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing after a strong showing by its American depositary
receipts overnight.

T-S-M-C rose 2.9-per cent to close at 458 N-T and its gains alone contributed
to a more than 100-point increase in the Tai-Ex and contributed to 2.5-per
cent in gains on the semiconductor sub-index.

MND Established Real Time Military Updates

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:05

The Ministry of National Defense has established a "real time military update
即時軍情" feature on its website to publicly disclose (揭露) updates on
military activity through written posts and photographs.

This comes following a recent period of increased attempts by China's
People's Liberation Army to threaten and intimidate (威嚇) Taiwan.

China has recently sent countless fighter jets to circle the island, invading
Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (防空識別區) in the southeast
multiple times (多次).

And defense officials this morninng announced that two Chinese Shaanxi Y-8
anti-submarine aircraft (反潛機) entered Taiwan's airspace yesterday.

CECC Reports New Imported Coronavirus Case

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:06

The Central Epidemic Command Center has reported one new coronavirus case,
bringing the total number of cases here in Taiwan since the pandemic began to
500.

Health officials say the latest patient is a Philippine woman in her 30s who
arrived in Taiwan on September 13 for work.

According to the C-E-C-C, the woman was asymptomatic (無症狀) when she
arrived here, but was tested at the airport before being sent to a
government-designated (政府指定的) quarantine center.

The results of that test came back positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday
and the woman is now in the hospital but has yet to show any symptoms of the
virus.

Hurricane Sally Unleashes Flooding in US

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:06

In international news,

Hurricane Sally has lumbered ashore in the United States near the
Florida-Alabama line with 168-kilometer-an-hour winds and torrential rain.

The storm has swamped homes and forced the rescue of hundreds of people.

It's now weakened into a tropical storm, but Sally is still pushing slowly
inland (持續往內陸緩慢推進) for what could be a slow and disastrous drenching
(淹水) across the Deep South.

New Japanese Cabinet Formed

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:06

New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshi-hide Suga has formed a 20-member Cabinet
that retains (保留) many previous ministers.

Japan's Parliament elected Suga as prime minister on Wednesday, replacing
long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man.

Suga has said he will pursue Abe's unfinished policies and that his
priorities will be fighting the coronavirus and turning around Japan's
battered (備受打擊的) economy.

4 Afghans Charged with Arson at Lesbos Camp

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:06

Greek authorities say four Afghan migrants have been charged with arson
(縱火) for alleged involvement in fires that destroyed most of a large
refugee camp on the eastern island of Lesbos.

The four men have been returned to police detention (羈押) after being given
three days to prepare their testimony (作證).

The fires swept through the overcrowded camp on two nights last week,
prompting more than 12,000 migrants and refugees to flee (逃走).

Most of them remain without shelter even though emergency tents are available
at another island site where a new camp is being built.

Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction

Posted on 2020-09-17 14:49:06

And finally,

Several celebrities have been boycotting (杯葛) Instagram to protest what
they say is the failure of parent company Facebook to tackle violent and
hateful content (仇恨語言) and election misinformation.

The A-P's Margie Szaroleta has the story.

EZ NEWS SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:05

Tai-Ex opening

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:05

The Tai-Ex opened up 144-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
12,989 on turnover of 4.9-billion N-T.

Tai-Ex closed higher on Tuesday, as large-cap semiconductor stocks attracted
investor interest on the back of a rally on Wall Street overnight.

And market watchers say buying focused on Taiwanese suppliers to Nvidia,
which pushed up the broader market past the 12,800-point mark by the end of
the session.

Tainan Company to Donate Face Mask Production System to Czech Republic

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:05

A Tainan-based automation equipment manufacturer says it plans to donate a
3-D surgical face mask production system to the Czech Republic, to help the
country combat the coronavirus pandemic.

According to Autoland Technology General Manager Guo Li-lin, the system
consists of five fully-automated high-end 3-D mask production lines and will
be jointly (共同) donated by his company and a group of machinery industry
leaders in southern Taiwan.

Guo says the system costs 45-million N-T, can produce 43,000 masks per day
and will sent to the Czech Republic before the end of October.

The company general manager says he decided to donate the equipment to the
European country after a Czech delegation visited Taiwan earlier this month.

NSPO Announces First Cross-Platform Satellite Operation Control System

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:06

The National Space Organization says it has developed a new cross-platform
satellite operation control system.

According to National Applied Research Laboratories President Wu Guang-chong,
the system has been developed to control the Formosat-7/COSMIC 2
constellation and is expected to save it some 500-million N-T in future
development costs.

The new control system was first tested on the Formosat-5 in 2017 and has
been tested for the past 14 months on the Formosat-7, which was launched
(發射) into orbit in June of last year by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch
vehicle.

Development of the control system means Taiwan will no longer have to
purchase satellite software from overseas.

Ethiopia Repatriates Stranded Citizens from Saudi Arabia

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:06

Ethiopia has started repatriating citizens its stranded (被困住的) citizens
in Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:

Japan Abe Cabinet Resigns

Posted on 2020-09-16 10:20:06

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned today, clearing
the way for his successor to take over after parliamentary confirmation later
in the day.

Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, announced last month he was
stepping down because of health problems.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was chosen Monday as the new head of
the governing Liberal Democratic Party.

EZ NEWS SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:05

Tai-Ex opening

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:05

The Tai-Ex opened almost flat this morning from yesterday's close, at 12,787
on turnover of of 3-billion N-T.

The market gained ground on Monday to close above the 12,700 point mark, as
Apple suppliers and other high tech stocks attracted (吸引、引起) buying
ahead of the expected release of new iPhones.

Buying also spread to non-tech stocks, particularly in the cement and paper
sectors, as investors hunted for bargains.

However, turnover was low, as investors wait for decisions by major central
banks later this week amid the coronavirus pandemic.

KMT Scraps Plans to Attend Straits Forum

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:05

The K-M-T has announced that it will not be sending an official delegation to
this week's Straits Forum in Xiamen, due what the party is describing as
"inappropriate comments by a Chinese state-owned broadcaster."

According to K-M-T Culture and Communications Committee chairwoman Alicia
Wang, "the overall atmosphere is now unfit for cross-strait dialogue and the
party will no longer participate in the forum as a political party."

However, Wang says the K-M-T will not stop individual party members from
attending the forum in a private (私人的) capacity.

The decision comes days after China Central Television claimed that former
Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng would be heading the K-M-T's delegation to
the forum "to plead for peace."

NHIA Celebrates 25 Years

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:06

The National Health Insurance Administration is celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the National Health Insurance program.

Premier Su Tseng-chang says the program is enjoying a 90-per cent public
satisfaction rating and is "an exemplary model that all government agencies
should look up to when providing public services."

The second-generation National Health Insurance program was launched
(啟動、推出) in 2013.

And the National Health Insurance Administration says it now covers 99.84-per
cent of the population and some 93-per cent of the island's medical and
healthcare institutions are part of the program.

Venezuela Says Suspected American Spy Plotted Attack

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:06

Venezuela's chief prosecutor says a U.S. citizen arrested as a suspected spy
has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack to sabotage oil refineries
and electrical service.

Officials say the American man had help from at least three Venezuelan
conspirators (共謀者).

President Nicolas Maduro announced the capture days earlier, saying the
suspected mercenary had been a U.S. Marine, who worked for the CIA in Iraq.

The prosecutor appeared on state TV and showed pictures of equipment alleged
seized from him, including a grenade launcher, plastic explosives and a bag
of U.S. dollars.

U.S. authorities have not commented on the case.

Ethiopia Introduces New Currency

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:06

Ethiopia has introduced new currency notes.

The government hopes the new currency into the economy will curb financing
(向…提供資金) of illegal activities as well as reduce corruption that has
been on the rise in the past two years .

Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa:

Greenland Ice Sheet Breaks Off

Posted on 2020-09-15 10:45:06

Scientists say an enormous chunk of Greenland's ice cap, estimated to be
about 110 square kilometers, has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic.

They see it as evidence of rapid climate change, which is leading to the
disintegration (解體) of the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf.

The section broke off a long fjord at the front end of the Northeast
Greenland Ice Stream, where it flows off the land and into the ocean.

In August, a study showed that Greenland lost a record amount of ice during
an extra-warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover the US state of
California in more than 1.25 meters of water.

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