**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened down 125-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

13,410 on turnover of $3.1-billion N-T.

The market gained ground on Thursday following a rise on Wall Street

overnight on the back moves by the Britain's central bank to forcefully to

stop a budding financial crisis.

**CECC Receives 4th Shipment of Second-Generation Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine **

The Central Epidemic Command Center has taken delivery of the fourth shipment

of Moderna's second-generation coronavirus vaccine.

Command center head Victor Wang says the 605,000 doses will be part of a new

rollout plan scheduled for October 3, when it the second-generation

coronavirus vaccine will be made available to more people.

From next Monday, the booster vaccine will also be available to frontline

medical workers, airport personnel and flight crews, everyone aged between 50

and 64, as well as those 18 and above who need to travel abroad (國外) for

work or diplomatic reasons.

**EPA to Ban PVC in E-Commerce Packaging Next July **

The Environmental Protection Administration says online retailers will be

banned from using packaging materials containing P-V-C from July of next

year.

The ban comes amid a rise in environmental concerns over the surge (上升) in

online shopping packaging waste.

According to the E-P-A, materials containing P-V-C will be banned in

packaging for e-retail businesses, and all packaging materials must contain a

certain amount of recycled paper or recycled materials beginning July 1,

2023.

The E-P-A says online shopping sales produced over 3,000 metric tons of

plastic packaging waste and 54-thousand metric tons of paper packaging waste.

All those sales and packaging emitted a total of 78-thousand metric tons of

carbon dioxide.

**UK PM Defends Cutting Taxes **

The UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has defended (辯護) her government's decision

to cut taxes - saying Ministers took action at a difficult time.

Laura Makin-Isherwood reports from London.

**Nigeria Presidential Candidates Sign Peace Accord **

Presidential candidates in Nigeria have signed an accord (協議) committing to

a peaceful campaign for the 2023 election.

Nearly all of the 18 candidates for president signed the pact at an event in

Abuja, the nation's capital, on Thursday.

Similar peace accords have been struck in every general election cycle since

2015.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to leave office in May after

completing his second term and has promised peaceful voting to elect his

successor.

**UK Reveals First King Charles Coins **

Meanwhile….

Britain's Royal Mint has unveiled the first coins to feature

(使…成為主要的特征) the portrait of King Charles III.

Britons will begin to see Charles' image in their change from around

December, as 50-pence coins depicting him gradually enter circulation.

The Royal Mint says the new monarch's effigy was created by British sculptor

Martin Jennings and has been personally approved by Charles.

In keeping with a centuries-old tradition, the king's portrait faces to the

left, the opposite direction to his mother's, Queen Elizabeth II.

A separate memorial 5-pound coin remembering the life and legacy of Elizabeth

will be released Monday.

Charles ascended to the throne Sept. 8 upon the death of his mother,

Britain's longest-reigning monarch.

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