The Tai-Ex opened down 45-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

23,012 on turnover of 7.1-billion N-T.

The market closed slightly higher on Monday as investors opted to take

advantage of the main board's initial gains.

Large cap tech stocks saw some profit taking, but still served to stabilize

the broader market throughout the trading day.

The Control Yuan has officially petitioned the Constitutional Court for a

ruling on the constitutionality of government oversight amendments passed by

the Legislature in May -- arguing they will allow the legislative body to

usurp (奪取) its power.

The petition was filed by the head of the Control Yuan's Department of

Supervisory Investigation and an attorney on behalf of the government

watchdog at the Judicial Yuan in Taipei.

They also filed an application for an injunction to halt enforcement of the

revisions to the Law Governing the Legislative Yuan's Power and the Criminal

Code.

The D-P-P's legislative caucus and the Cabinet filed similar petitions last

week.

The Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange has listed its first green carbon project.

According to the T-C-X the newly listed project is an afforestation (造林)

initiative in eastern Paraguay and carbon credits for the project are now

available for purchase.

The T-C-X says it expects its will generate (產生) carbon credits for 10,000

tons of carbon.

The exchange is not providing any further details on the nature of the

project or how far along it is.

However, the T-C-X says it's crucial for Paraguay to receive support to

develop and protect forests and promote carbon reduction initiatives because

its current regulations on forest cultivation are underdeveloped.

Families of the victims from two major crashes involving Boeing aircraft are

said to be unhappy with a plea agreement (認罪協商) reportedly offered to the

company in recent days.

Mitch McCann reports:

Turkey says it has mediated (調解) talks between Somalia and Ethiopia to ease

diplomatic tensions between the east African neighbors.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry says that the Ethiopian and Somalian foreign

ministers were “able to separately have a candid, cordial and

forward-looking exchange” on Monday concerning their differences.

A second round of discussions is planned in the Turkish capital of Ankara on

Sept. 2.

Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the breakaway region of

Somaliland in January, which Somalia denounced as infringing upon its

sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The memorandum was to allow Ethiopia’s access to the sea through Somaliland

and in return Ethiopia would recognize Somaliland as an independent country.

That was the I.C.R.T. news,

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