The Tai-Ex opened up 176-points this morning from Friday's close, at 22,479

on turnover of 6.4-billion N-T.

The market closed lower Friday.

However, those losses were limited () after Taiwan Semiconductor

Manufacturing received a boost from buying towards the end of the session

that allowed it to recoup its earlier losses.

Foreign dignitaries and delegations are scheduled to arrive in the coming

days to take part in this year's Double Ten National Day celebrations.

Among the VIPs expected this year are the deputy prime ministers of Belize

and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the first lady of Guatemala, and the

speakers of Saint Lucia's upper and lower houses.

Along with attending a series of celebratory events in the lead-up to

National Day, guests are scheduled to meet with President Lai Ching-te, Vice

President Hsiao Bi-khim and other senior government officials.

They are also expected to visit multiple government agencies to discuss

(討論) semiconductors, public health and medicine, social welfare.

The mechanisms set up by the Central Disaster Response Center o deal with

Typhoon Krathon's effects have now been disbanded.

Howevr, recovery is work continuing in parts of the island.

According to the center, Typhoon Krathon killed four and injured 719 people

in Taiwan since forming in late September.

A total of 9,499 disaster-related incidents were reported, while one person

remains (仍然是) missing.

Clean-up work is still underway in Keelung, New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Pingtung

and Kinmen.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs says 435,634 households experienced

temporary power outages, while 608,073 households reported water supply

problems due to the typhoon.

While agricultural losses currently total nearly 390-million N-T.

Samoan officials say an oil spill from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which

sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa is “highly probable”.

Officials in the Pacific island nation are conducting an environmental impact

assessment (評估) in the area where the ship sank on Sunday morning.

All 75 people on board the "H-M-N-Z-S Mana-wanui" were taken to safety on

life rafts.

New Zealand will hold a court of inquiry into the loss of the ship, which was

one of nine in its navy.

The cause of the disaster is not known.

Another hurricane is barreling (飛馳) towards the already storm-ravaged US

gulf-coast.

A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Florida while the state is

still clearing up from the effects of hurricane Helene.

US correspondent Kate Fisher reports

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has quit, citing

concerns that growing news reports about her role “risked becoming a

distraction to the government.”

Sue Gray’s resignation came after recent reports about tensions between her

and Starmer’s chief adviser Morgan McSweeney, and that she was earning more

than the prime minister.

The BBC has reported that Gray’s annual salary was about, $223-thousand US

dollars. That's nearly $4-thousand dollars higher than Starmer's pay.

Gray said she accepted a new role as Starmer’s envoy (使者) for the regions

and nations.

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

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