The Tai-Ex opened up 31-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 32,095

on turnover of $9.3-billion N-T.

The market smashed closing records on Monday after breaching the 32,000-point

mark as buying rotated to the old economy sector.

Analysts say the main board's momentum extended from the recent significant

gains, as raw material suppliers attracted strong investor interest, while

interest in tech stocks saw a downturn.

Two Japanese Nebuta artists will be crafting (手工製作) the large lantern

floats for this year's Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi County.

Artists Makoto Suwa and Hiromi Hayashi from Japan's Aomori City were invited

to create the lantern floats for the General Association of Chinese Culture.

Nebuta are traditional lantern floats handmade with wood, metal wire and

paper.

According to the association, the two artists will create nebuta for Chiayi County's Pei Tien Temple, featuring the deities Mazu and Hu Ye, for Lantern Festival - which will be taking place from March 3

through 15.

Both Suwa and Hayashi have previously visited Taiwan to exhibit their nebuta

works, but this will be the first time they produce nebuta from scratch in

Taiwan.

The floats will be taking part in the festival parade on the evening of March

7.

A U.N. aid convoy has delivered humanitarian supplies to Kobani in northeast

Syria.

This marks the first aid delivery since fighting began between Syrian

government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces earlier this

month.

A ceasefire, announced Tuesday and extended Saturday, is mostly holding

despite sporadic skirmishes (斷斷續續的小規模戰鬥).

Kobani residents have faced electricity and water cuts and shortages of

essentials (必需品).

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 24 trucks

delivered supplies, including food and medical kits.

The fighting has displaced over 173-thousand people.

A new agreement aims to merge SDF fighters with government forces.

The UK is among ten other European countries to work on a clean energy scheme

(方案) by producing more wind farms in the North sea.

The aim of the project, to be agreed at a summit in Germany, is to

move away from fossil fuels and strengthen energy security.

Lara Bentley reports

Canada’s last captive whales have a received a reprieve from death after the

Canadian government conditionally approved a plan to export them to the

United States.

The country's fisheries minister met with officials from Marineland, the

shuttered theme park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to talk about its

proposed plan to move the animals south.

The park is in discussions with four U.S. institutions to take its 30 belugas

and four dolphins.

The park had said it was running out of funds and the animals would be

euthanized (安樂死) if the export permits were not authorized by Jan. 30-th.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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