The Tai-Ex opened up 105-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

22,329 on turnover of 4.2 -billion N-T.

The market tumbled nearly 600-points on Monday on the back of steep declines

in the share price of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and other tech

heavyweights.

Analysts says Monday's downturn came as investors moved their money from tech

stocks into non-tech stocks.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs says Tai-Power will be raising electricity

rates for industrial users from October 16.

The statement follows a meeting of the ministry's electricity price review

committee.

The hike in price means that industrial users will see their electricity

rates increase by an average of 12.5-per cent.

Tai-Power had been seeking an increase of 14-per cent, but the committee says

it opted for a lower figure in order to ensure (確保) that Taiwan businesses

remain competitive.

It's the second electricity rate hike this year and was proposed as part of

government efforts to shore-up Tai-Power's finances.

The Taipei City Department of Information and Tourism says all 5,400 tickets

for the 2024 National Day Gala were snapped-up within 15 minutes of release

on Monday.

The event will be taking place this coming Saturday at the Taipei Dome and it

will be the venue's first large-scale non-sporting event.

Organizers made the 5,400 tickets available through the "udn fun life" online

ticketing platform at noon.

Four-hundred of those tickets were reserved for (保留給) senior citizens.

Personal information was required by those lucky enough to have booked their

seats and tickets cannot be transferred.

The National Day Gala will feature performance by singers Jody Chiang and

Huang Fei.

The man accused of plotting to kill former president Donald Trump at his

Florida golf course has pleaded not guilty to five counts including

attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate.

Prosecutors allege Ryan Routh stalked (跟蹤) Donald Trump before setting up

what they called a "sniper's nest" at the edge of his golf course in west

Palm Beach, Florida.

US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has resigned with his Cabinet, paving

the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office.

Ishiba was chosen as the governing Liberal Democratic Party’s leader on

Friday to replace Kishida, who announced in August his resignation at the end

of his three-year term.

Ishiba is assured to be prime minister later today in a vote by parliament

because it is dominated by his party’s ruling coalition (執政聯盟).

Ishiba will then announce his new Cabinet later in the day.

On Monday, Ishiba said he planned to call a parliamentary election to be held

on Oct. 27 after he is formally chosen as prime minister.

That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____.

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