Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
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.
MOFA Touts National Day Guests
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.
Disaster Response Center Disbands
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.
NZ Navy Vessel Oil Spill "Highly Probably"
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.
US Gulf Coast Faces Another Hurricane
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
UK PM Staff Reshuffle
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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