**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 50-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,700

on turnover of $1.7--billion N-T.

**Haikui Causes 44 Injuries Across Taiwan **

Emergency officials say Severe Tropical Storm Haikui has caused dozens of

injuries, as well as damage across much of eastern Taiwan.

The Central Emergency Operation Center says the storm left 44 people injured,

mostly in Taitung, Tainan and Hualien.

Other damage included hundreds of uprooted roadside trees, as well as damaged

roads.

Haikui has been hovering in waters about 50 kilometers west-northwest of

Tainan, moving west-northwest at a speed of 9-km per hour.

The storm decreased in size and now has a radius of 150-kilometers, but still

covers Taitung, Hualien, and all areas south of Taichung.

Officials say the outer periphery (外圍) of the storm will continue to bring

heavy rain to much of Yilan and Hualien, and the precipitation is expected to

ease somewhat heading into the evening.

(NS)

**Taitung Households Still Without Power **

In related news…..

Over 10-thousand households and businesses in Taitung remain without power

this morning.

Local officials say more than 50-thousand users lost power yesterday, and

after emergency repairs by TaiPower crews, around 13-thousand still do not

have access to electricity services.

The severe tropical storm also brought strong winds and heavy rain to the

region, with 7 townships recording accumulated (積累) rainfall of near 400

milimeters.

Officials also say over 20 roadside trees were uprooted, but Taitung's famed

bishop wood in Chishang Township remains standing, despite suffering some

broken branches.

(NS)

**Israel migrant riots **

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants

involved in a violent clash (衝突) in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and

has ordered a plan to remove all of the country’s African migrants.

His remarks came a day after bloody protests by rival groups of Eritreans in

south Tel Aviv left dozens of people injured.

Laurence Brooks has this report.

**SKorea President to Stresses Sanctions on NKorea at ASEAN Meeting **

South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to

faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea when they converge in

Indonesia and India for annual summits this week.

President Yoon Suk Yeol is to visit Jakarta to attend a series of summits

scheduled alongside a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations

leaders.

He'll travel on to New Delhi for a summit of the Group of 20 leading

economies.

In written responses to questions from The Associated Press, Yoon says during

the G20 summit, he'll stress the need to block North Korea's cyber hacking

and other illicit (非法的) activities that fund its weapons programs.

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