**Tai-Ex opening **

The Tai-Ex opened up 62-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 13,410

on turnover of 2.8-billion N-T.

The market gained ground on Tuesday for a second consecutive session, as

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing continued its momentum in the wake of a

further upturn by semiconductor stocks on Wall Street overnight.

Buying was also seen among old economy stocks, in particular in the

transportation sector, but many investors still opted to stay on the

sidelines ahead of the release of U-S inflation data for October later this

week.

**Chung Shan Hospital Executives Indicted in Fake Chinese Checkups Case **

The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office has indicted former and current

executives of the Chung Shan Hospital for allegedly facilitating fake

high-end health checkups used by Chinese nationals to enter Taiwan.

Those indicted include former hospital presidents Lee Wei-cheng and Hsieh

Shi-ming, as well as current hospital vice president Lee Shi-ming.

Three other travel agency operators have also been indicted (被起訴) for

working with the hospital to forge health checkup receipts for Chinese

nationals to facilitate entry applications to Taiwan between 2016 and 2020.

According to the prosecutors' office, the defendants earned 17-million N-T

from the fake checkups that helped 24,600 Chinese national come to Taiwan

during the four-year period.

**Family of Taiwanese Man Killed in Ukraine Leaves to Bring Him Home **

And,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says relatives of a Taiwanese man killed

fighting in Ukraine are heading to the country to identify his body and deal

with related matters.

According to ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou, officials issued the family

members with the necessary travel documents and helped them book a flight to

Eastern Europe in order to help members of Tseng Sheng-guang's family reach

Ukraine as soon as possible,

Ou also says that foreign ministry personnel in Ukraine will be assisting the

family complete the necessary procedures (程序) in as quicker time as

possible.

Tseng flew to Ukraine in June to join the International Legion of Ukraine's

territorial defense forces and was confirmed to have been killed in fighting

near near Luhansk on Novmber 2.

**US Midterm: Exit Polls Show Inflation Top Issue **

Polls are starting to close in the US Midterm elections, with exit polls

showing inflation and abortion (墮胎) are the top issues for voters.

Nick Harper reports from Washington.

**NASA Postpones Moon Rocket Launch **

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm

threatening the Florida coast.

Fuel leaks have kept the rocket grounded since August.

Then Hurricane Ian forced the rocket back to the hangar at Kennedy Space

Center.

NASA was aiming to launch the test flight early next Monday.

But the space agency said Tuesday said it was moving the next attempt to at

least next Wednesday because of Tropical Storm Nicole, which could hit

Florida's Atlantic coastline as a hurricane.

The rocket will send an empty crew capsule (太空艙) around the moon and back

in a flight test before astronauts climb aboard in a couple years.

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