The Tai-Ex opened up 91-points this morning from Friday's close, at 22,996 on

turnover of 5.3-billion N-T.

The market moved sharply higher on Friday - jumping more than 300 points as

buying was sparked by rally on Wall Street staged by tech stocks overnight.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing continued to serve as an anchor for the

upturn, but gains were still capped ahead of technical resistance at the

20-day moving average of around 22,984 points.

Taiwan has made history after beating Japan 4-0 in the Premier 12

Championship Game at the Tokyo Dome.

Taiwan took an early 4-0 lead thanks to two home runs in the top of the fifth

inning - a solo by catcher Lin Chia-cheng and a three-run homer by team

captain, center fielder Chen Jie-hsien.

Taiwan's starter pitcher Lin Yu-min cruised through four scoreless innings -

giving up only one hit, three walks and striking out three.

While Taiwan's three relievers were able to contain (遏制) the Japanese

batters for the rest of the game to seal the historic win.

Taiwan was rated second to last by Japanese media before the Premier12

tournament began and was widely considered an underdog.

Premier Cho Jung-tai says newly appointed Labor Minister Hong Shen-han has

been asked to devise a comprehensive labor policy following the suicide of a

Ministry of Labor employee.

According to the premier, Hong must develop an "inclusive (包容性) labor

policy" that protects workers while addressing the demands of various

industries, while also creating a supportive and equitable workplace for his

colleagues while boosting their morale.

Hong was appointed to succeed Ho Pei-shan on Friday.

Ho's resignation was accepted by the premier earlier that same day following

criticism over her handling of the suicide case.

The premier says he chose Hong to lead the labor ministry because he used to

be a civil rights activist and is trusted by many workers.

The World Food Programme says global food hunger is set to increase by ten

percent.

WFP made the announcement on Friday as it began an appeal close a funding gap

of 17 billion dollars that it needs to address the escalating (不斷升級)

global hunger crisis.

Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

Turkey's transportation ministry says the engine of a Russian plane with 95

people on board caught fire after landing at Antalya airport in southern

Turkey.

All passengers and crew were safely evacuated.

The flight from Sochi was carrying 89 passengers and six crew members Sunday.

The pilot made an emergency call after the aircraft landed at 9:34 p.m. local

time, and airport rescue and firefighting crews quickly extinguished (熄滅)

the fire.

Efforts were underway to remove the aircraft from the runway.

Arrivals at the airport have been temporarily suspended while departures were

taking place from a nearby military-run runway.

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

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