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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 95-points this morning from yesterday's close, at46,364 on turnover of 13-billion N-T.
The market closed at yet another record high on Wednesday, it surpassed the46,000 mark following an overnight rally among tech stocks on Wall Street -which triggered buying, particularly in the bellwether electronics sector(指標電子類股).
In news from and about Taiwan this morning,
Research group to work with US defense firm on drone development
The government-sponsored Metal Industries Research & Development Center has
signed a memorandum of understanding (合作備忘錄) with US-based defense technologydeveloper Anduril Industries for the development of unmanned aerial vehicles(無人機).
The agreement was signed by Center Chairperson Liu Chia-ru and Andurilfounder Palmer Luckey in Taipei.
According to the center, cooperation will focus on the development of A-I autonomous systems and key drone components and the two parties will integrate the supply chains, promote localized production (在地化生產) and expand technology exchanges.
2025 carbon reduction estimated at 9%, below 10% goal
Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming says Taiwan's greenhouse gas emissions(溫室氣體排放) in 2025 are estimated to have been about 9-per cent below 2005
levels, narrowly missing the government's 10-per cent reduction target(減量目標).
According to Peng, the official goal remain to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 28-per cent, plus or minus 2 percentage points, by 2030 comparedwith 2005 levels.
Peng says in order to meet the 2030 target, the government will need to reduce emissions by nearly 20-per cent over the next five years.
Peng is describing that possibilty as being challenging, despite emissions here in Taiwan being on a steady downward trend (下降趨勢).
House delivers bipartisan condemnation of Iran war
House lawmakers have delivered a bipartisan condemnation (譴責) of the Iran war, passing a resolution to block U.S. President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
Indonesia Arrests Nutrition Agency Head Over Corruption
Indonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges (貪污指控) related to a multibillion-dollar free-meals program.
The initiative aimed to fight malnutrition (營養不良) by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women.
President Prabowo Subianto fired Dadan Hindayana on Tuesday, replacing him with the agency's deputy chief.
Investigators searched the agency’s offices early Wednesday.
Prosecutors also arrested two other officials.
The program, expected to cost $28 billion through 2029, has faced criticismfor high costs and food poisoning (食物中毒) cases.