**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened down 45-points this morning from yesterday's close, at

12,942on turnover of $2.83-billion N-T.

**Taiwan to further ease border rules for China, Hong Kong, Macau residents **

The Mainland Affairs Council says Taiwan will further relax its entry

restrictions on Chinese students and Hong Kong and Macau residents with

effect from Nov. 7-th, as part of its gradual lifting of its COVID-19 control

measures.

The council says starting Nov.7-th, Chinese students will again be allowed to

enter Taiwan for short-term study and exchange program.

Meanwhile, people from Hong Kong and Macau will be allowed entry for work in

office-based positions and for participation in religious activities.

The MAC says Taiwan will also reopen its borders to tour groups of five to 40

people from Hong Kong and Macau, for visits of up to 15 days.

Currently, only Chinese students in undergraduate or graduate programs in

Taiwan are allowed into the country, while Hong Kong and Macau residents can

obtain entry permits only to visit relatives or attend family funerals.

**IEA Warns EU of Energy Shortages **

The International Energy Agency has warned that Europe could run low on gas

in the next year.

The agency warned that unless drastic (劇烈的) measures are taken, the

continent could see shortages (短缺) as early as summer 2023.

Our correspondent Alex Cadier reports from Brussels.

**Australia Offers Million for Indian National Whereabouts **

Australian police have offered a 1 million Australian dollar reward for

information on the whereabouts of an Indian national who is suspected of

murdering a woman on a tropical beach four years ago before returning to his

homeland.

Police say Queensland state officers who speak Hindi and Punjabi are waiting

in Cairns to be contacted (聯繫) from India via WhatsApp or online about

where 38-year-old Rajwinder Singh can be found.

Singh was a nurse working at Innisfail, south of Cairns, when the body of

24-year-old Toyah Cordingley was found on a beach north of Cairns in October

2018.

Singh flew home to India the day after Cordingley’s body was found and

police believe he remains there.

**NATO Urges Turkey to Allow Finland Sweden to Join **

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Turkey to set aside its

reservations over Finland and Sweden joining the military alliance.

He insisted on Thursday that the two Nordic countries have fulfilled their

security commitments to Ankara.

Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership in the months after Russia

invaded Ukraine, abandoning their longstanding policies of military

nonalignment.

Turkey has threatened to block the process unless the Nordic neighbors meet

its demands to crack down on individuals the Turkish government considers

terrorists.

Turkey's foreign minister says his government wants to see more concrete

steps from the candidate countries.

All 30 NATO member countries must ratify (批准) Finland and Sweden's

accession.

Only Turkey and Hungary haven't yet done so.

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