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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 183-points this morning from Friday's close, at 30,472
on turnover of 10.8-billion N-T.
The market closed lower on Friday, but remained above the 30,000 point mark
on the back of investor optimism that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
would report strong sales for 2025 after the main board closed.
Lai announces approval of NT$2.94 billion 'smart health' subsidies
President Lai Ching-te says his administration has approved 197 subsidy
programs worth about 2.94-billion N-T under a plan to encourage medical
institutions to adopt 'smart health care' technologies.
The subsidy programs are part of the five-year 48.9-billion N-T Healthy
Taiwan Cultivation Plan, which the government launched last year.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Nobel Health Care Forum in
Taipei, Lai said the subsidy programs are designed to leverage
(?????????) the advantages of smart health care to strengthen
medical services.
According to Lai, although average life expectancy in Taiwan is currently
above 80, people spend an average of 8.4 years in poor healthand that means
"about 10-per cent of the average lifespan is unhealthy," with some people
bedridden, using wheelchairs or needing daily care.
HPA to publish new dietary guidelines in Q2 2026
Health Minister Shih Chung-liang says the Health Promotion Administration
will issue new daily dietary guidelines in the second quarter of this year.
It will be the first such update since 2018.
A draft of the new guidelines was completed late last year.
According to Shih, eggs will be promoted more than in the past, given the
growing body of research (???????) showing they are an excellent
source of nutrition.
And while earlier guidelines only recommended skim or low-fat milk, the
updated guidelines recognize that whole milk contains important nutrients, as
long as it is consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet.
US Minnesota More Immigration Arrests
Minnesota braces for what's next amid (…??) more protests and
immirgration arrests
AP's Lisa Dwyer reports
Italy Olympic Venue Guard Death
Authorities have confirmed the death of a guard at construction site near a
2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The death occurred during a frigid overnight shift, when temperatures plunged
to minus 12 degrees Celsius.
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