**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 6-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 16.784 on

turnover of 2.3-billion N-T.

Shares in Taiwan rose by more than 140 points Monday to close above the

16,700 mark amid eased fears over an aggressive Federal Reserve after the

United States reported a cooling job market.

The bellwether electronics sector regained its footing, led by large-cap

semiconductor stocks, with contract chipmaker TSMC, driving a solid upturn on

the main board in the wake of the gains posted by their counterparts on the

U.S. markets at the end of last week.

**CWB Ends Sea Warning for Haikui **

The Central Weather Bureau has ended its sea warning for Haikui.

The CWB ended the warning at 8:30am, as the storm continued to weaken (削弱)

into a tropical depression, as it moves west over China.

Forecasters say weather conditions across the island today should remain

relatively clear with occasional rainfall.

And northern and southern regions should remain on alert for afternoon

thundershowers.

The CWB says from September 2nd until 8am today, Haikui brought over

1-thousand-111 milimeters of accumulated rainfall over parts of Hualien

County, and 725 milimeters of rainfall over Taipingshan in Yilan County.

(NS)

**Subject: E*Japan PM Announces Fnd for Exporters Hit by Wastewater Release **

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced a $141 million emergency

fund to help exporters hit by a ban on Japanese seafood imposed by China in

response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged

Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The discharge (釋放) of the wastewater into the ocean began Aug. 24 and is

expected to continue for decades.

Japanese fishing associations and groups in neighboring countries have

strongly opposed the release, and China immediately banned all imports of

Japanese seafood.

**Sunak says he's not to blame for school concrete crisis **

British lawmakers have headed back to Parliament after their summer break but

thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week.

Their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling (粉碎) concrete.

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it's wrong to blame him for the

escalating crisis surrounding unsafe concrete material in English schools.

This comes after accusations that Sunak had ignored a report finding the

concrete in some buildings presented a "critical risk", and cut the school

repair budget when he was finance minister.

Julia Chapman reports.

**Australia Rescues Ill Man at Antarctic Base **

Authorities in Australia say an Australian who fell ill at a remote Antarctic

base is returning home on an icebreaker following a daunting mission to

rescue him.

The man was working at the Casey research station when he suffered from what

authorities described as a developing medical condition that needed

specialist (專家) assessment and care.

Officials say the icebreaker left Australia last week and traveled south more

than 3,000 kilometers, breaking through sea ice to reach a location 144

kilometers from the base.

From there, two helicopters were deployed from the deck on Sunday and arrived

at the base after nearly an hour to rescue the man.

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