The Tai-Ex opened up 68-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 21,255

on turnover of $3.8-billion N-T.

The Ministry of National Defense has earmarked about 4.9-billion N-T to

acquire backbone subnetworks for faster and more stable battlefield data

transmission.

The budget request is pending legislative review.

It approved it will fund 213 backbone subnetworks, 179 microwave transmission

subsystems, power generators and fiber channels to facilitate data

transmission to command centers and weapons launch platforms across different

services of the armed forces.

According to the defense ministry, the planned systems are expected to boost

the survivability (生存能力) of critical military command and control systems

during wartime by establishing a round-island fiber optic communication

system and a high-capacity data transmission network.

They are also expected to ensure uninterrupted data transmissions between

command and control centers, harbors, airports, and joint intelligence,

surveillance, and reconnaissance systems.

Some 59-million N-T has been earmarked for the design and planning of the

systems and on-site evaluations for next year.

The project will take place from 2025 to 2030.

F-D-C International Hotels has announced that it's become the first company

in Taiwan's hospitality industry to implement a four-day workweek on a trial

basis.

The hotel and restaurant operator says it began a trial run of the new system

at the Fleur de Chine Hotel near Sun Moon Lake on September 1.

The move means employees get three days off a week.

The trial will last six months.

F-D-C says the four-day workweek policy will not impact the quality of the

service customers receive and the company is continuously monitoring and

evaluating the impact of the new system.

According to F-D-C Chairman Sheng Zhi-ren, he believes having three days off

every week can improve employees' job satisfaction and enhance (提高) overall

work efficiency and creativity.

Hunter Biden, son of US president Joe Biden, has offered to plead

responsibility in his tax evasion case to avoid a potentially (潛在地)

embarrassing trial.

The plea would mean he maintains his innocence but accepts punishment for

avoiding more than a million dollars of taxes.

US correspondent Nick Harper reports.

President Emmanuel Macron has named EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as

France’s new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

Thursday's appointment of the 73-year-old Barnier follows weeks of intense

(激烈的) efforts by Macron and his aides to find a candidate who might be

able to build loose groupings of backers in parliament and survive promised

attempts by Macron’s opponents to quickly topple the new government.

Barnier is the oldest of the 26 prime ministers that have served modern

France’s Fifth Republic.

He replaces the youngest, Gabriel Attal, who was 34 when he was appointed

just eight months ago.

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