The Tai-Ex opened up 183-points this morning from Friday's close, at 30,472

on turnover of 10.8-billion N-T.

The market closed lower on Friday, but remained above the 30,000 point mark

on the back of investor optimism that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

would report strong sales for 2025 after the main board closed.

President Lai Ching-te says his administration has approved 197 subsidy

programs worth about 2.94-billion N-T under a plan to encourage medical

institutions to adopt 'smart health care' technologies.

The subsidy programs are part of the five-year 48.9-billion N-T Healthy

Taiwan Cultivation Plan, which the government launched last year.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Nobel Health Care Forum in

Taipei, Lai said the subsidy programs are designed to leverage

(利用，發揮（優勢）) the advantages of smart health care to strengthen

medical services.

According to Lai, although average life expectancy in Taiwan is currently

above 80, people spend an average of 8.4 years in poor healthand that means

"about 10-per cent of the average lifespan is unhealthy," with some people

bedridden, using wheelchairs or needing daily care.

Health Minister Shih Chung-liang says the Health Promotion Administration

will issue new daily dietary guidelines in the second quarter of this year.

It will be the first such update since 2018.

A draft of the new guidelines was completed late last year.

According to Shih, eggs will be promoted more than in the past, given the

growing body of research (大量的研究成果) showing they are an excellent

source of nutrition.

And while earlier guidelines only recommended skim or low-fat milk, the

updated guidelines recognize that whole milk contains important nutrients, as

long as it is consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet.

Minnesota braces for what's next amid (…之中) more protests and

immirgration arrests

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports

Authorities have confirmed the death of a guard at construction site near a

2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The death occurred during a frigid overnight shift, when temperatures plunged

to minus 12 degrees Celsius.

Italy’s infrastructure minister has called for a full investigation into the

circumstances surrounding the 55-year-old worker’s death.

Italian media reported that the death happened on Jan. 8, outside Cortina’s

ice arena, and Milan Cortina organizers said that the worker died of a heart

attack.

City officials expressed deep sadness and concern (憂慮) over the incident.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are scheduled for Feb. 6-22.

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