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Legislature Opens With Rival Cash Bills as TAIEX Tests Thin Post-Holiday Volume
Monday’s Taiwan Daily Update: the Legislative Yuan’s sixth session starts with KMT priority bills and Finance Ministry cash procurement, foreign funds return to a cautious TAIEX, regulators tighten card and SMS fraud defenses, and Chinese Taipei counts 29 Asian Games medals.
BusinessFinance Ministry Taps Second Reserve Fund to Start NT$10,000 Cash Procurement
The Finance Ministry has drawn on the Executive Yuan’s second reserve fund to start procurement for next year’s NT$10,000 universal cash program while the KMT caucus opens the legislative session with a rival NT$20,000 special-act push.
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StocksForeign Investors Net NT$69.3 Billion as Thin Volume Tests TAIEX After Holiday
PoliticsKMT Pushes School Nutrition Lunch Law as Sixth Legislative Session Convenes in Taipei
OpinionEditorial: Lawmakers Cannot Fund NT$20,000 Handouts Without a Constitutional Budget Line
SportsChinese Taipei Tally Reaches 29 Medals as Lin Yun-ju Opens Table Tennis Medal Week
EntertainmentTTV Adds Weeknight Asian Games Block After Lin Yu-min Bronze-Medal Shutout in Nagoya
TechnologyTSMC Reportedly Targets 120,000 2nm Wafers Monthly as Hsinchu and Kaohsiung Fabs Ramp
SecurityNCC Audits Carrier SMS Link Whitelists After Holiday Smishing Complaints Jump
HealthMOHW Opens October Flu Shot Registration for Residents 65 and Older Nationwide
ScienceCWA Extends Astronomical High-Tide Advisories for Penghu and Changhua Through September 30
AINDC Drafts Mandatory Gen-AI Labels on Bids for Digital Ministry Procurement
Credit CardsFSC Sets Seven-Day Card-Dispute Clock After Logistics Smishing Chargebacks Rise
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