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ICRT NEWS MAY 19 2022

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The Tai-Ex opened down 185-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
16,111 on turnover of $3.9-billion N-T.

The market rose sharply on Wednesday following a strong showing on Wall
Street overnight.

The bellwether electronics sector led the rally, boosted by solid gains in
semiconductor stocks in in U-S markets, while the transportation and
financial sectors mounted comebacks from recent downturns.

The Waiting Children Council of Social is calling for people to donate
coronavirus rapid antigen test kits to orphanages - saying the donations will
help safeguard (保障、保護) the health of underprivileged children.

According to the Taipei-based N-G-O, it's working with some 30 orphanages
where there is high demand for rapid tests due to the current coronavirus
outbreak.

Although local governments have promised to send free test kits to the
orphanages, there have been delivery delays due to limited supplies.

The social welfare organization says it is seeking public donations of up to
7,000 rapid test kits, which will supply the orphanages for at least three
months, in case the domestic outbreak continues.

The United Nations chief says that with global hunger levels at a new high,
he is in ``intense contacts'' with Russia and other key countries.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is ``hopeful`` of an agreement to
allow the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensure (確保) Russian
food and fertilizer has unrestricted access to global markets.

But Guterres told a ministerial meeting Wednesday on the escalating (升級)
food security crisis that ``there is still a long way to go.''

The official says global hunger levels ``are at a new high,'' and more than
500,000 people are living in famine conditions -- an increase of more than
500% since 2016.

Ukraine and Russia produce almost a third of the world's wheat, and their war
has worsened food insecurity driven by climate change, COVID-19 and
inequality.

Health authorities in Shanghai and Hong Kong are continuing to relax strict
COVID-19 rules, in a bid to encourage an economic recovery.

Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.

Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering
thousands, including ethnic Tamil civilians, killed in the final stages of
the country's decadeslong civil war.

It was the first-ever event where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese openly
memorialized the minority group.

Since Sri Lankan troops defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, Sri Lankan
authorities had widely prohibited Tamils from publicly remembering their
family members and have denied allegations (指控) that Tamil civilians were
killed.

Protesters gathered outside the president's office floated flowers in the
nearby sea and prayed for all those who died in the civil war, including
Tamil civilians, Tamil rebels and government soldiers.

The civil war killed at least 100-thousand people.

 

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