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Full Year 2019 Highlights (as compared to the Full Year 2018):

 10.1% Growth in Revenue to US$680.0 Million from US$617.9 Million; Both a Record High and the Highest Annual Revenue Growth Since 2015
 14.5% Increase in Gross Profit to US$131.3 Million from US$114.7 Million
 70 Basis Points Improvement in Gross Margin to 19.3% from 18.6%
 Net Earnings of NT$3.55 or US$0.12 per Basic Common Share or US$2.38 per Basic ADS Compared to Net Earnings of NT$1.37 or US$0.05 per Basic Common Share or US$0.92 per Basic ADS
 Generated US$200.4 Million in Cash from Operations in 2019
 NT$1.80 Per Share Distribution Authorized by Board Pending Shareholder Approval at June 9, 2020 AGM

HSINCHU, March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), today reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. All U.S. dollar figures cited in this press release are based on the exchange rate of NT$29.91 against US$1.00 as of December 31, 2019.
All the figures were prepared in accordance with Taiwan-International Financial Reporting Standards ("Taiwan-IFRS").
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019 was NT$5,571.5 million or US$186.3 million, an increase of 3.2% from NT$5,399.1 million or US$180.5 million in the third quarter of 2019 and an increase of 12.1% from NT$4,972.3 million or US$166.2 million for the same period in 2018. Net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company for the fourth quarter of 2019 was NT$530.0 million or US$17.7 million, and NT$0.73 or US$0.02 per basic common share, as compared to net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company for the third quarter of 2019 of NT$585.9 million or US$19.6 million, and NT$0.81 or US$0.03 per basic common share, and compared to net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company in the fourth quarter of 2018 of NT$516.6 million or US$17.3 million, and NT$0.71 or US$0.02 per basic common share. Net earnings for the fourth quarter of 2019 were US$0.49 per basic ADS, compared to US$0.54 per basic ADS for the third quarter of 2019 and US$0.48 per basic ADS in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was NT$20,337.9 million or US$680.0 million, an increase of 10.1% from NT$18,480.0 million or US$617.9 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was NT$2,584.2 million or US$86.4 million, and NT$3.55 or US$0.12 per basic common share, compared to net profit attributable to equity holders of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was NT$1,103.1 million or US$36.9 million, and NT$1.37 or US$0.05 per basic common share. Net earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 were US$2.38 per basic ADS, compared to US$0.92 per basic ADS for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.
S.J. Cheng, Chairman and President of ChipMOS, said, "This was a strong year for us as we achieved 10.1% revenue growth for the full year 2019 over 2018 – both a record high revenue level and the highest annual revenue growth since 2015. We also achieved meaningful improvements in profitability, reporting net earnings of NT$3.55 per basic common share or US$2.38 per basic ADS. We continue to drive improvements in our business and financial metrics, while prudently balancing high-return investments to support growth across our base of diversified customers and end markets. Of note, we improved our overall utilization to 76% in Q4 from 74% in Q3, as we benefitted from increased demand for TDDI products given the higher content per unit in newer phones, combined with robust demand trends in our memory business in the second half of the year. We expect these drivers to remain in place as we move through 2020, positioning us to benefit from long-term catalysts driving higher demand from increased AI and automation, larger displays and the ongoing proliferation of smart phone advancements. Importantly, we are executing with close oversight on operating and capital expenses, as we focus on improving revenue growth and higher profitability in the current macroeconomic environment. We are slowing down our CapEx investments and focusing on improvements through automation, while maintaining a strong financial position and balance sheet in order to maintain our leading market position, while navigating the current fluid market situation."
Silvia Su, Vice President of Finance and Accounting, commented, "We achieved 10.1% revenue growth for the full year 2019 compared to 2018, while decreasing CapEx over the same period. Our focus on leveraging our high margin businesses and high return programs allowed us to expand our gross margin to 22.7% in Q4 up from 21.4% in Q3, and 19.3% for the full year 2019 up from 18.6% in 2018. We meaningfully increased our cash generation with US$200.4 million generated in cash from operations in 2019, and ended the year with a cash and cash equivalents balance of US$157.3 million. During 2019, we distributed our latest cash dividend to investors of NT$1.2 per common share or US$0.764 per ADS, on August 30th to common stock holders and on September 9th to ADS holders, as we remain focused on building further value for the Company and its shareholders. In addition, our Board has approved a resolution to distribute NT$1.80 per share pending shareholder approval at our AGM on June 9, 2020. This underscores the Company's position as a high cash dividend, high yield investment vehicle for investors."

 Selected Operations Data

 4Q19
 4Q18
 FY19
 FY18

 Revenue by segment

 Testing
 20.8%
 23.5%
 20.9%
 25.9%

 Assembly
 27.2%
 24.6%
 25.3%
 25.3%

 LCD Driver
 31.8%
 33.7%
 34.1%
 30.8%

 Bumping
 20.2%
 18.2%
 19.7%
 18.0%

 CapEx
 US$57.0 million
 US$57.0 million
 US$163.8 million
 US$165.4 million

 Testing
 16.7%
 21.0%
 15.5%
 31.7%

 Assembly
 15.5%
 5.6%
 11.2%
 6.5%

 LCD Driver
 59.2%
 69.5%
 62.9%
 55.2%

 Bumping
 8.6%
 3.9%
 10.4%
 6.6%

 Depreciation and amortization expenses
 US$32.0 million
 US$28.8 million
 US$124.8 million
 US$112.9 million

 Utilization by segment

 Testing
 77%
 73%
 71%
 77%

 Assembly
 81%
 69%
 72%
 64%

 LCD Driver
 70%
 81%
 74%
 80%

 Bumping
 75%
 75%
 74%
 72%

 Overall
 76%
 75%
 73%
 74%

 Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows

 Year ended Dec. 31, 2019

 Year ended Dec. 31, 2018

 US$ million

 US$ million

 Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities

 200.4

 138.1

 Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities

 (142.0)

 (171.5)

 Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities

 (56.1)

 (80.3)

 Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 2.3

 (113.7)

 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 (0.2)

 0.2

 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 155.2

 268.7

 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 157.3

 155.2

Investor Conference Call / Webcast DetailsChipMOS will host two conference calls on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 to discuss the Company's financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2019.

 Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020Time: 4:00PM Taiwan (4:00AM New York)Dial-In: +886-2-21928016Password: 779324 #Webcast of Live Call and Replay: http://wms.gridow.com/ir/chipmos/chipmos_2019Q4_ch.htmlReplay Starting 2 Hours After Live Call EndsLanguage: Mandarin
 Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020Time: 8:00PM Taiwan (8:00AM New York)Dial-In: +1-323-794-2551Password: 5643349Replay Starting 2 Hours After Live Call Ends: +1-412-317-6671, with ID 5643349Webcast of Live Call and Replay: http://wms.gridow.com/ir/chipmos/chipmos_2019Q4_en.htmlLanguage: English

About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (https://www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS provide assembly and test services to a broad range of customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as 'believes,' 'expects,' 'anticipates,' 'projects,' 'intends,' 'should,' 'seeks,' 'estimates,' 'future' or similar expressions or by discussion of, among other things, strategy, goals, plans or intentions. These statements may include financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, products and services, and statements regarding future performance. Actual results may differ materially in the future from those reflected in forward-looking statements contained in this document, due to various factors. Further information regarding these risks, uncertainties and other factors are included in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and in the Company's other filings with the SEC.
About Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("Non-GAAP") Financial Measures To supplement the consolidated financial results presented in accordance with the Taiwan-IFRS, ChipMOS uses non-GAAP free cash flow, non-GAAP earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") and non-GAAP net debt to equity ratio in this press release. The non-GAAP free cash flow represents operating profit plus depreciation, amortization and interest income and less capital expenditures, interest expense, income tax expense and dividend. The non-GAAP EBITDA represents operating profit plus depreciation and amortization. The non-GAAP net debt to equity ratio represents the ratio of net debt, the sum of debt less cash and cash equivalent, divided by equity attributable to equity holders of the Company. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently.
The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with the Taiwan-IFRS.
ChipMOS considers the use of non-GAAP free cash flow, non-GAAP EBITDA and non-GAAP net debt to equity ratio provides useful information to management to manage the Company's business and make financial and operational decisions and also to the investors to understand and evaluate the Company's business and operating performance. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to the table captioned "Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures to the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures" in this press release.

 Contacts: In Taiwan Jesse Huang ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. +886-6-5052388 ext. 7715 IR@chipmos.com
 In the U.S. David Pasquale Global IR Partners +1-914-337-8801 dpasquale@globalirpartners.com

- FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW BELOW -

 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 For the Three Months and the Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 and 2018

 Figures in Millions of U.S. dollars (USD) (1)

 Except for Per Share Amounts and Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

 3 months ended

 Year ended

 Dec. 31, 2019

 Dec. 31, 2018

 Dec. 31, 2019

 Dec. 31, 2018

 USD

 USD

 USD

 USD

 Revenue
 186.3

 166.2

 680.0

 617.9

 Cost of revenue
 (143.9)

 (128.3)

 (548.7)

 (503.2)

 Gross profit
 42.4

 37.9

 131.3

 114.7

 Research and development expenses
 (8.5)

 (8.0)

 (33.7)

 (31.4)

 Sales and marketing expenses
 (0.5)

 (0.5)

 (1.9)

 (1.8)

 General and administrative expenses
 (4.1)

 (3.7)

 (16.7)

 (16.2)

 Other income (expenses), net
 0.8

 0.8

 3.1

 4.9

 Operating profit
 30.1

 26.5

 82.1

 70.2

 Non-operating income (expenses), net
 (7.5)

 (3.4)

 19.2

 (10.6)

 Profit before tax
 22.6

 23.1

 101.3

 59.6

 Income tax expense
 (4.9)

 (5.8)

 (14.9)

 (22.7)

 Profit for the period
 17.7

 17.3

 86.4

 36.9

 Other comprehensive income (loss)

 Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
 (1.2)

 0.9

 (3.5)

 (1.7)

 Profit (loss) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans
 0.7

 (2.0)

 0.7

 (2.0)

 Unrealized gain (loss) on valuation of equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income
 (0.6)

 1.0

 (1.7)

 2.8

 Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
 0.1

 -

 0.2

 (0.1)

 Income tax effect
 0.0

 0.2

 0.2

 (0.1)

 Total other comprehensive income (loss)
 (1.0)

 0.1

 (4.1)

 (1.1)

 Total comprehensive income
 16.7

 17.4

 82.3

 35.8

 Profit attributable to the Company - basic
 17.7

 17.3

 86.4

 36.9

 Earnings per share attributable to the Company - basic
 0.02

 0.02

 0.12

 0.05

 Earnings per ADS equivalent - basic
 0.49

 0.48

 2.38

 0.92

 Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands) - basic
 727,240

 726,925

 727,111

 802,725

 Profit attributable to the Company - diluted
 17.7

 17.3

 86.4

 36.9

 Earnings per share attributable to the Company - diluted
 0.02

 0.02

 0.12

 0.05

 Earnings per ADS equivalent - diluted
 0.49

 0.47

 2.34

 0.91

 Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands) - diluted
 729,443

 730,212

 737,116

 813,707

 Note: (1) All U.S. dollar figures in this release are based on the exchange rate of NT$29.91 against US$1.00 as of Dec. 31, 2019. The convenience translation should not be construed as representations that the NT dollar amounts have been, or could be in thefuture be, converted into US dollars at this or any other exchange rate.

 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 For the Three Months and the Year Ended Dec. 31, 2019 and 2018

 Figures in Millions of NT dollars (NTD)

 Except for Per Share Amounts and Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

 3 months ended

 Year ended

 Dec. 31, 2019

 Dec. 31, 2018

 Dec. 31, 2019

 Dec. 31, 2018

 NTD

 NTD

 NTD

 NTD

 Revenue
 5,571.5

 4,972.3

 20,337.9

 18,480.0

 Cost of revenue
 (4,304.6)

 (3,837.5)

 (16,411.8)

 (15,050.0)

 Gross profit
 1,266.9

 1,134.8

 3,926.1

 3,430.0

 Research and development expenses
 (254.0)

 (240.3)

 (1,007.6)

 (939.3)

 Sales and marketing expenses
 (15.3)

 (14.8)

 (56.1)

 (53.4)

 General and administrative expenses
 (122.7)

 (112.9)

 (498.2)

 (485.1)

 Other income (expenses), net
 25.7

 25.1

 92.9

 147.5

 Operating profit
 900.6

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title: ChipMOS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2019 RESULTS


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 (Facebook, MOHW image)

 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In an effort to spread the word about the best way to cover one's mouth when sneezing, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) on Friday (March 6) uploaded this illustration based on a popular American dance move.

As the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, the MOHW on Friday posted an illustration showing a cartoon figure "dabbing" when he sneezes. The MOHW pointed out that sneezing into one's hands without immediately washing them afterward makes the spread of many germs, including COVID-19, more likely as one touches railings, hand grips, smartphones, doorknobs, elevator buttons, etc.

Instead, the MOHW suggests people sneeze into the crook of their arm, or inner elbow. The pose used by the cartoon character is the "dab," which is a popular dance move that began in Atlanta in the mid-2010s.

The move consists of a person bending one arm and tucking their face into the crook of their arm with the palm facing downward and angled upwards, while raising the rear arm in parallel with the front arm. The editor of the MOHW Facebook page also posted a photo of himself striking the pose.

The clever meme soon achieved the desired effect, rapidly gaining 14,000 likes, with some netizens posting their own version in the comments below. Many netizens said they would like to see the strapping young page editor's face and watch Health and Welfare Minister and Head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) strike the pose.

journalist: By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

title: Photo of the Day: Taiwan MOHW suggests 'dabbing' to fend off coronavirus


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Taiwan CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang
 Taiwan CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang
 (CNA photo)

 Taiwan News (TAIPEI) — As a nation on the front lines of the battle for global health, unfettered by the compromised and incompetent World Health Organization (WHO), Taiwan has displayed a mature, effective approach to containing the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and is therefore uniquely positioned to lead a new global health initiative to combat the pandemic.

As this global crisis continues to unfold, Taiwan should begin recruiting nations to form an alternative global health authority that will put humanitarian concerns ahead of political and economic ones.

Given Taiwan’s expertise in crisis management, emergency response, public health, and medicine, along with its geographic proximity to the pandemic’s epicenter, the time has come for the country to take a leadership position in addressing the lack of preparedness among nations of the global south and confronting the unacceptable failure of the WHO and the United Nations (UN).

As countries across the world scramble to impose meaningful travel restrictions and quarantine programs to limit the spread of COVID-19, the reality that Taiwan is an autonomous nation, independent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is becoming clearer than ever. Yet nations with outdated or compromised foreign policies continue to treat Taiwan with delusion rather than pragmatism, clinging to the political fiction that Taiwanese people are citizens of the PRC as they place undue travel restrictions upon them.

Fortunately, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is there to explain to these countries what should be common knowledge by 2020. In regard to the current pandemic, note that China has reported over 80,000 cases of COVID-19 infection and over 2,000 deaths, while Taiwan has reported fewer than 50 cases and only a single death (as of March 10).

International media outlets in Europe, Asia, and North America have praised the initiative and proactive approach adopted by the Tsai administration in dealing with this global crisis. Once again, Taiwan has proven its competence in disease prevention and the use of effective communication in raising public awareness.

President Tsai Ing-wen (CNA photo)

It is time for Taiwan to apply those competencies globally.

The urgent need for a competent, uncompromised Global Health Initiative

Following the appearance of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the world has witnessed how the actors that should have been most prepared in the realm of global public health have responded. Regrettably, the initial response of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and, subsequently, that of their confederates in the WHO, must be viewed as the critical failures that they are.

The Chinese authorities and WHO alike have displayed a disturbing lack of transparency that will have implications for years to come. Most troubling, the WHO’s unwillingness to act quickly upon actionable knowledge has revealed that the body has neglected its most basic responsibility to act in the interest of humanity.

Instead, WHO leadership has revealed that its priority is to serve the political interests of and defend the reputation of the CCP. This is intolerable.

By the beginning of March, the virus had spread to over 60 nations, with China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran being the most compromised. Now that the world is finally alert to the danger of the COVID-19 as a global pandemic, we can confidently state that a new phase of the coronavirus saga has begun.

Contrary to the messages of some panic-driven media outlets, the regions that are most at risk in the pandemic phase are not the developed societies of North America and Western Europe. Instead, it is the global south, particularly Africa and South America, that are likely to be hit the hardest in the coming months, with new outbreaks to be reported along with a disturbing spike in the number of unidentified and untraceable “patient zeros.”

If the WHO cannot be relied upon to coordinate an effective global strategy of prevention, containment, and treatment, then the world must address this gaping vacuum in global leadership. It must be filled quickly.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (AP photo)

Nations like Taiwan, Australia, the United States, and Japan are best-suited to coordinate an international response by sending advisors and response teams to consult with governments in South America, Africa, and parts of South and Southeast Asia. Helping to prepare the densely populated, undeveloped parts of these regions must become a priority for the entire world.

The spread of COVID-19 to every nation of the earth is almost assured at this point, but we must not give up hope that this spread can be kept at a manageable level and that it will not become a doomsday scenario for the most vulnerable communities.

Given that the WHO will likely be busy paying lip-service to China’s laughable “success” in containing the virus and trying to keep the global economy greased by warning nations against restricting travel when it is most prudent to do so, the world must recognize a sobering fact: the WHO has been compromised and is no longer able to fulfill its duties.

As the world edges towards all-out panic in desperate need of responsible leadership, the WHO waits for direction and permission from Beijing, thereby sowing the seeds of further human suffering. The world is looking for leadership, and Taiwan has an unprecedented opportunity to provide it.

It’s time for Taiwan to quit pandering to the WHO and the UN. The times are changing, and the island possesses all the competency and resources necessary to act as a new center for global health counsel and international cooperation.

Taiwan should marshal its forces and begin reaching out to the nations of the world to spearhead a new global health initiative.

Taiwan can offer cooperative training exercises along with easily executable response plans based on geography, regional infrastructure, and available resources. With danger on the doorstep of so many countries of the world, it is worth emphasizing that a reliable and experienced friend such as Taiwan is ready and willing to help.

journalist: By Duncan DeAeth

title: Taiwan should spearhead global health initiative to combat the Wuhan coronavirus


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 BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after U.S. futures rose following President Donald Trump's announcement he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the pain of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
 Oil prices also recovered some of their losses in Monday's record-setting plunge.
 China's main stock index rose 1.8% and Tokyo advanced 0.9%. Hong Kong advanced 1.5% and Sydney gained 3.1%.
 On Wall Street, which suffered its biggest one-day drop since the 2008 global crisis on Monday, stock futures rose following Trump's announcement.
 Monday's global selloff reflected alarm over mounting economic damage from the coronavirus that emerged in China in December. Anti-disease controls that shut down Chinese factories are spreading as the United States and European countries close schools, cancel public events and impose travel controls.
 Anxiety mounted after Italy, the hardest-hit place in Europe, said travel controls imposed earlier on its north would be extended nationwide. Ireland canceled St. Patrick's Day parades and Israel ordered visitors quarantined ahead of Passover and Easter, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
 The mounting losses and a flight by investors into the safe haven of bonds have fueled warnings the global economy, which already was showing signs of cooling, might be headed into a recession.
 The drop in U.S. stock prices was so sharp that it triggered Wall Street's first trading halt in more than two decades. But Trump's comment that he will seek relief for workers as ripple effects of the outbreak spread gave some investors an excuse to resume buying.
 “This is not like the financial crisis where we don't know the end is in sight," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “This is about providing proper tools and liquidity to get through the next few months.”
 On Tuesday, the Shanghai Composite Index rose to 2,996.76 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced to 19,867.12. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed to 25,400.79.
 The Kospi in Seoul added 0.4% to 1,962.93 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 rose to 5,939.60.
 Singapore, Bangkok and Jakarta advanced by more than 2%, while New Zealand declined.
 Benchmark U.S. crude gained 5.6%, or $1.77 to $32.90 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 25% on Monday to $31.13 per barrel.
 Brent crude, the standard for international oil prices, gained 5.8%, or $1.98 to $36.34 per barrel in London.
 While the crisis is easing in China, where the virus was first detected, fast-growing clusters have turned up in South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy, and the caseload is growing in the United States.
 For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the virus, as has already happened with about three-quarters of those infected in China.
 Oil prices plunged 25% after Russia refused to roll back production in response to virus-depressed demand. Saudi Arabia signaled it will ramp up its own output.
 Stock markets usually welcome lower energy costs for consumers and businesses. But the decline cuts into revenue for producers, including the United States. And the abrupt drop, coming amid virus fears, rattled investors.
 On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index fell 7.6% to 2,746.56 for its biggest one-day drop since Dec. 1, 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 7.8% to 23,851.02. The Nasdaq composite gave up 7.3% to 7,950.68.
 The S&P dropped 7.4% in the first few minutes of trading, triggering an automatic 15-minute market-wide trading halt. That has happened only once before, in 1997.
 The S&P 500 has fallen 18.9% from its Feb. 19 record and has lost $5.3 trillion in value. U.S. stocks are close to entering a bear market, defined as a drop of 20% from their peak.
 “Right now, it's all-out panic,” said Phil Flynn of Price futures Group. “I think the situation is going to improve when cooler heads prevail, but it's going to be a rocky road for the next couple of weeks.”
 European stock indexes already are in a bear market after recording their biggest declines since the 2008 crisis.
 Central banks in the United States, China and other countries have cut interest rates to try to shore up economic activity. But economists warn that while rate cuts might help to buoy consumer demand, they cannot reopen factories that are closed due to quarantines or lack of workers and raw materials.
 “Even coordinated policy responses are not a tried and tested panacea and by no means guarantee the ability to durably pull markets back from the brink of bear territory,” Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank said in a report.
 The yield on U.S. Treasury bonds edged up to 0.67% after falling as low as 0.5% as investors shifted money into safe haven assets. It had never been below 1% until last week.
 The yield, or the difference between the market price and what investors will receive if they hold the bond to maturity, is seen as a measure of economic confidence. Investors shift money into bonds if they expect economic growth and stock prices to weaken. That pushes up the bond's market price and narrows the yield.
 In the United States, a cruise ship with a cluster of coronavirus cases that forced it to idle off the California coast for days docked at Oakland as officials prepared to start bringing passengers to military bases for quarantine or return them to their home countries.
 The Grand Princess had more than 3,500 people aboard, 21 of them infected. Japan's handling of a similar situation involving a cruise ship that docked in Yokohama is seen as a major factor behind the spread of the virus in that country.
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journalist: By JOE McDONALD , AP Business Writer, Associated Press

title: Asian stocks steady after plunge on virus, oil crash


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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rebounded Tuesday from record-setting declines after U.S. futures rose following President Donald Trump's announcement he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the pain of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Oil prices also recovered some of their losses in Monday's record-setting plunge.

China's main stock index rose 1.8% and Tokyo advanced 0.9%. Hong Kong advanced 1.5% and Sydney gained 3.1%.

On Wall Street, which suffered its biggest one-day drop since the 2008 global crisis on Monday, stock futures rose following Trump's announcement.

Monday's global selloff reflected alarm over mounting economic damage from the coronavirus that emerged in China in December. Anti-disease controls that shut down Chinese factories are spreading as the United States and European countries close schools, cancel public events and impose travel controls.

Anxiety mounted after Italy, the hardest-hit place in Europe, said travel controls imposed earlier on its north would be extended nationwide. Ireland canceled St. Patrick's Day parades and Israel ordered visitors quarantined ahead of Passover and Easter, one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

The mounting losses and a flight by investors into the safe haven of bonds have fueled warnings the global economy, which already was showing signs of cooling, might be headed into a recession.

The drop in U.S. stock prices was so sharp that it triggered Wall Street's first trading halt in more than two decades. But Trump's comment that he will seek relief for workers as ripple effects of the outbreak spread gave some investors an excuse to resume buying.

“This is not like the financial crisis where we don't know the end is in sight," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “This is about providing proper tools and liquidity to get through the next few months.”

On Tuesday, the Shanghai Composite Index rose to 2,996.76 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced to 19,867.12. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed to 25,400.79.

The Kospi in Seoul added 0.4% to 1,962.93 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 rose to 5,939.60.

Singapore, Bangkok and Jakarta advanced by more than 2%, while New Zealand declined.

Benchmark U.S. crude gained 5.6%, or $1.77 to $32.90 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 25% on Monday to $31.13 per barrel.

Brent crude, the standard for international oil prices, gained 5.8%, or $1.98 to $36.34 per barrel in London.

While the crisis is easing in China, where the virus was first detected, fast-growing clusters have turned up in South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy, and the caseload is growing in the United States.

For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the virus, as has already happened with about three-quarters of those infected in China.

Oil prices plunged 25% after Russia refused to roll back production in response to virus-depressed demand. Saudi Arabia signaled it will ramp up its own output.

Stock markets usually welcome lower energy costs for consumers and businesses. But the decline cuts into revenue for producers, including the United States. And the abrupt drop, coming amid virus fears, rattled investors.

On Wall Street, the S&P 500 index fell 7.6% to 2,746.56 for its biggest one-day drop since Dec. 1, 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 7.8% to 23,851.02. The Nasdaq composite gave up 7.3% to 7,950.68.

The S&P dropped 7.4% in the first few minutes of trading, triggering an automatic 15-minute market-wide trading halt. That has happened only once before, in 1997.

The S&P 500 has fallen 18.9% from its Feb. 19 record and has lost $5.3 trillion in value. U.S. stocks are close to entering a bear market, defined as a drop of 20% from their peak.

“Right now, it's all-out panic,” said Phil Flynn of Price futures Group. “I think the situation is going to improve when cooler heads prevail, but it's going to be a rocky road for the next couple of weeks.”

European stock indexes already are in a bear market after recording their biggest declines since the 2008 crisis.

Central banks in the United States, China and other countries have cut interest rates to try to shore up economic activity. But economists warn that while rate cuts might help to buoy consumer demand, they cannot reopen factories that are closed due to quarantines or lack of workers and raw materials.

“Even coordinated policy responses are not a tried and tested panacea and by no means guarantee the ability to durably pull markets back from the brink of bear territory,” Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank said in a report.

The yield on U.S. Treasury bonds edged up to 0.67% after falling as low as 0.5% as investors shifted money into safe haven assets. It had never been below 1% until last week.

The yield, or the difference between the market price and what investors will receive if they hold the bond to maturity, is seen as a measure of economic confidence. Investors shift money into bonds if they expect economic growth and stock prices to weaken. That pushes up the bond's market price and narrows the yield.

In the United States, a cruise ship with a cluster of coronavirus cases that forced it to idle off the California coast for days docked at Oakland as officials prepared to start bringing passengers to military bases for quarantine or return them to their home countries.

The Grand Princess had more than 3,500 people aboard, 21 of them infected. Japan's handling of a similar situation involving a cruise ship that docked in Yokohama is seen as a major factor behind the spread of the virus in that country.

journalist: By Associated Press


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NEW YORK (AP) — Mets outfielder Michael Conforto was scheduled to be examined by a doctor in New York after tweaking his side while making a catch in a recent spring training game.
 The slugger had an MRI in Florida but left camp and was sent to New York on Monday night to meet with the team's medical director, Dr. David Altchek, for further evaluation, the Mets said.
 Conforto was injured late last week. He was out of the lineup again Monday when the Mets and Miami Marlins played to a 1-all tie.
 Newsday was first to report that general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said Conforto was headed to New York to see Altchek.
 Conforto, who turned 27 on March 1, is slated to be New York's regular right fielder again this season and a middle-of-the-order bat. The Mets have outfield depth on the roster — Brandon Nimmo, Jake Marisnick and Jeff McNeil could all be options in right if Conforto misses time.
 Left fielder J.D. Davis, who can also play third base, recently returned from a jammed shoulder. And left fielder Yoenis Céspedes' playing status remains uncertain after he missed all of last season and most of 2018 with injuries.
 New York opens the regular season at home March 26 against the World Series champion Washington Nationals.
 Conforto, an All-Star in 2017, set career highs last season with 33 homers and 92 RBIs while batting .257 with an .856 OPS in 151 games. He played in 153 games in 2018.
 Conforto was eligible for arbitration this offseason and agreed to an $8 million salary in January. He can become a free agent after the 2021 season.
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title: Mets slugger Michael Conforto sent to NY to see doctor


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FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen...
 FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, a large Tokyo 2020 Olympic banner hangs on the facade of a building in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling th...
 FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, a large Tokyo 2020 Olympic banner hangs on the facade of a building in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, man walks in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building adorned with large banners promoting the To...
 FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, man walks in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building adorned with large banners promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, commuters walk along a sidewalk as a poster celebrating the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen in foreground in Tok...
 FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, commuters walk along a sidewalk as a poster celebrating the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen in foreground in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a mask visits a beach as snow-capped Mount Fuji is visible in the distance in Fujisawa, Japan....
 FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a mask visits a beach as snow-capped Mount Fuji is visible in the distance in Fujisawa, Japan. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Passengers wearing masks get off a bus with the livery of Miraitowa, the official mascot of the Tokyo 2020 O...
 FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Passengers wearing masks get off a bus with the livery of Miraitowa, the official mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants pitches with a backdrop of empty stands during play in a preseason bas...
 FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants pitches with a backdrop of empty stands during play in a preseason baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

 FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing staff mops the floor in front of the climbing wall in the test event o...
 FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing staff mops the floor in front of the climbing wall in the test event of Speed Climbing in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

 FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the T...
 FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, a photographer takes pictures of the illuminated Olympic rings in front of the Rainbow Bridge Friday, Jan. 2...
 FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, a photographer takes pictures of the illuminated Olympic rings in front of the Rainbow Bridge Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in the Odaiba district of Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

 TOKYO (AP) — The tentacles of canceling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24.
 The International Olympic Committee and local organizers say the games are on, but the clock is ticking.
 The fate of the Tokyo Games touches 11,000 Olympic and 4,400 Paralympic athletes, coaches and sports officials, local organizers, the Japanese government and national morale, international broadcasters, fans, and world sponsors. Add to this hotels, airlines, and taxi drivers — and even 80,000 unpaid volunteers who will miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
 “I've heard things about possibly the Olympics being canceled, and I think that would stink," J'den Cox, a two-time world champion wrestler and an Olympic bronze medalist in Rio de Janeiro, told Associated Press. “It would probably break everybody's heart if that were to happen."
 The Olympic brand could be damaged, although the Switzerland-based International Olympic Committee may be among the least affected parties financially if the games are called off. The IOC has been resolute in its message, although it has a several-month window to decide.
 “Hard to imagine this will be defined by the end of May, but it could be,” Dr. Ali Khan. an epidemiologist and dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska, told Associated Press in an email. “Regardless, numerous sick athletes could not lead to a very interesting games.”
 “From what we know from numerous other mass-gathering events including sporting events, it is very easy to spread diseases worldwide from such events — from meningitis to Zika," Khan added. “Besides welcoming athletes and spectators with their tiny microbes, there is and may be ongoing disease in Japan.”
 Kazuhiro Tateda, an expert on infectious diseases and a member of a Japanese government panel, said the virus may not die out quickly.
 "Unlike the flu that disappears with warmer weather, the response to the new coronavirus, I think, will have to continue for half a year or a year,” Tateda told Japanese broadcaster NHK on Tuesday.
 The IOC has ample financial safeguards against cancellation, which has happened only in wartime since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Its latest annual report shows it has almost $2 billion in reserve that could cover running costs until the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
 The IOC's annual reports show it paid almost $14.4 million in an insurance premium to protect against canceling the 2016 Rio Olympics and $12.8 million for a policy to cover the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 IOC President Thomas Bach was asked last week after an executive board meeting if the insurance premium has risen to as much as $20 million for a Tokyo policy.
 “I don't know,” he replied. “It wasn't discussed at this EB.”
 Wolfgang Maennig an Olympic rowing gold medalist who teaches sports economics at Hamburg University, suggested the losses will be shared.
 “Insurance companies will have to pay a large amount of the losses of the IOC," Maennig said in an email to AP. “The rest will have to be borne by the IOC.”
 The IOC controls the Olympics and has wide latitude to act. Its protection is spelled out in the 81-page Host City Contract, signed in 2013 with the city of Tokyo, and the Japanese Olympic Committee.
 The preamble to the contact states: “the Olympic Games are the exclusive property of the IOC which owns all rights ... to their organization, staging, exploitation, broadcasting, recording, representation, reproduction ... whether now existing or developed in the future, throughout the world in perpetuity.”
 The contract also specifies that the IOC can terminate and withdraw from the city because of a “state of war, civil disorder, or boycott ... of if the IOC has reasonable grounds to believe, in its sole discretion, that the safety of participants in the games would be seriously threatened or jeopardized for any reason whatsoever."
 Victor Matheson, a sports economist at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, said athletes are the most vulnerable. The Olympics feature 33 sports, and many of the smaller ones have a limited following until games time.
 "For athletes, their career length isn’t long and in many sports success in the Olympics is your one shot at a financial returns," Matheson told AP.
 Matheson said that losses by hotels and other service businesses are unlikely to be insured, The billions on government spending on venues looks like a risky investment. The loss of the Olympics would negate the difficult-to-calculate goodwill that Japan and Tokyo might have won.
 An Irish bookmaker is showing odds leaning slightly toward the Olympics not going forward. Odds are 4-6 it will not open on July 24 in Tokyo, and even that it will.

 Tokyo is officially spending $12.6 billion to organize the Olympics, although a national government audit office says it's at least twice that much. The local organizing committee budget of $5.6 billion is private money, with the rest coming from Japanese taxpayers. About $1 billion in the local operating budget is to come from ticket sales, which would be lost if the games go ahead without fans in empty stadiums.
 “Some combination of the IOC, the broadcasters, and the insurers will lose big,” Matheson said. “That loss is coming out of someone’s pocket depending on how all of the contracts are written.”
 Andrew Zimbalist, who teaches economics at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, said some of the venues, such as the $1.43 billion national stadium, would have “enduring value.”
 “But virtually none of it would have made the list of the priority public investments,” he said in an email to AP, adding that if the games were canceled, much of the investment would be “wasted.”
 The IOC has said repeatedly the games will go on, and says it relies on advice from the World Health Organization. The WHO, the U.N. health agency, has so far resisted describing the crisis as a “pandemic," which could force the IOC's hand. But many experts say that threshold has already been met.
 More than 113,000 people have been infected worldwide from the virus, far more than those sickened by SARS, MERS or Ebola in recent years. More than 4,000 have died.
 For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
 The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the WHO, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks. Those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. In mainland China, where the virus first exploded, more than 80.000 people have been diagnosed and more than 63,000 so far have recovered.
 About 73% of the IOC's income of $5.7 billion in the latest four-year Olympic cycle (2013-2016) was from selling broadcast rights. The U.S. network NBC makes up at least half of the broadcast payments. Another 18% of IOC income is from sponsorship.
 NBC's parent company Comcast said that because of insurance and the way contracts are written, NBC won’t suffer losses if the Olympics are canceled. But Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the company would miss out on ad-driven profits, which were $250 million for the 2016 Rio Olympics. The ad profits for 2020 are expected to be larger.
 NBC signed a deal to pay $4.38 billion for four Olympics — 2014 through 2020. It has a new agreement to pay $7.75 billion for the following six Olympics — 2022 through 2032.
 Christopher Chase, an attorney based in New York who specializes in sports, intellectual property, and media, said sponsors and broadcasters were unlikely to sue for breach of contracts if the games are not held, or the conditions were changed.
 Chase, a partner in the law firm Frankfurt Kurnit, said many such contracts would have “force majeure” or “changed circumstances” clauses that spell out unforeseeable conditions that keep a contract from being fulfilled; these act as a defense for non-performance by either party, but in this case, more likely the event producer.
 The IOC, much like other large properties such as FIFA and the NFL, “the last thing they want to do refund fees or lower the cost of what the sponsorship is,” Chase told AP. “The last thing they want to do is give any money back or charge less. So typically what they try to do is negotiate some kind of make-good or substitute benefits."
 Over and above the IOC's major sponsorship deals, local sponsors have paid just over $3 billion to the organizing committee.
 “Any party that has already spent money to put people on the ground; flights and hotel rooms and all those types of things, are most likely going to lose out on that,” Chase said. "The sponsorship fee may be the least of their concerns.”
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 Dunbar reported from Lausanne, Switzerland; AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng from London, and AP Sports Writer Eric Olson from Omaha, Nebraska contributed to this report.
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journalist: By STEPHEN WADE and GRAHAM DUNBAR , AP Sports Writers, Associated Press

title: Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would reach around globe


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NSO Music Director Lu Shao-chia. (NSO Facebook photo)
 NSO Music Director Lu Shao-chia. (NSO Facebook photo)

 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The music director of Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), Lu Shao-chia (呂紹嘉), released a letter Tuesday (March 10) on Facebook to apologize for the social panic created by the band's Australian guest performer Brett Dean, who was confirmed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) last week.

In the letter, Lu said that he and the orchestra are humbled by the incident and remain thankful for the understanding and acceptance from the Taiwanese public. He said that the news of Dean's diagnosis made him realize how imminent the virus threat is, and he would like to apologize on behalf of the NSO for the social turbulence and media reports surrounding the matter.

The former Taiwanese conductor added that the country's medical team has provided enormous assistance to the NSO, and members of the orchestra have made adjustments to prevent further contamination by the virus. As the NSO music director, Lu emphasized that he is responsible for the misjudgment on Dean's condition, and he feels terrible for the force of public opinion that the NSO musicians have had to face, reported CNA.

On Thursday (March 5), news broke that Dean tested positive for the coronavirus after performing twice at Taiwan's National Concert Hall. Since then, many Taiwanese have wondered about the NSO's lack of caution and the renowned Australian composer's irresponsibility.

The National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) has cancelled more than 159 performances since Dean's diagnosis. Out of the 147 people who are believed to have come into close contact with Dean during his time in Taiwan, 103 have been placed under quarantine, including 27 orchestra members, 15 drivers, three friends, 18 airline passengers and crew, 8 reporters, and 17 hotel staff, reported ETtoday.

Stage being disinfected at National Concert Hall (AP photo)

journalist: By Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

title: Taiwan symphony director issues apology letter for creating social turbulence


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In this photo taken on Monday, March 2, 2020, billionaire art dealer David Nahmad poses in front of a colorful work by French-born American artist Arm...
 In this photo taken on Monday, March 2, 2020, billionaire art dealer David Nahmad poses in front of a colorful work by French-born American artist Arman, in Nahmad's home in Monaco. Nahmad has spent decades accumulating what he believes is now the world's largest private collection of works by Pablo Picasso, but he is about to part with one of them. A still life that Picasso painted in 1921 is being raffled off for charity in Paris this month with tickets at 100 euros each. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

 In this photo taken on Monday, March 2, 2020, billionaire art dealer David Nahmad poses in front of a seascape by artist Nicolas de Stael in Nahmad's ...
 In this photo taken on Monday, March 2, 2020, billionaire art dealer David Nahmad poses in front of a seascape by artist Nicolas de Stael in Nahmad's home in Monaco. Nahmad has spent decades accumulating what he believes is now the world's largest private collection of works by Pablo Picasso, but he is about to part with one of them. A still life that Picasso painted in 1921 is being raffled off for charity in Paris this month with tickets at 100 euros each. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

 In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, art historian Arabelle Reille, left, and television producer Peri Cochin pose in the Picasso Museum in ...
 In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, art historian Arabelle Reille, left, and television producer Peri Cochin pose in the Picasso Museum in Paris, in front of "Nature Morte," which Pablo Picasso painted in 1921. The two women are organizing a raffle for charity of the oil on canvas that belongs to billionaire art collector David Nahmad. A still life that Picasso painted in 1921 is being raffled off for charity in Paris this month with tickets at 100 euros each. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

 MONACO (AP) — Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can't fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,” a charmingly simple oil on canvas that Pablo Picasso painted in 1921.
 Given that Nahmad owns about 300 of the Spanish genius' works, his forgetfulness is perhaps understandable. With such a princely trove — Nahmad says his Picasso collection is the world's largest in private hands — details sometimes get lost.
 “We bought so many Picassos now, I don’t remember the specific reason," Nahmad said in an exclusive and rare interview with The Associated Press in his luxury home in Monaco.
 “It’s the smallest painting that I have."
 Not for much longer.
 A very lucky someone, somewhere, will soon be joining Nahmad in the privileged club of Picasso owners, when “Nature Morte” is raffled off for charity this month.
 Tickets, sold online, are 100 euros ($113) each. The winner of a similar raffle in 2013 was a 25-year-old fire sprinkler worker from Pennsylvania.
 Nahmad, one of the art world's most influential dealers, will receive 1 million euros ($1.1 million) for “Nature Morte" but says it is worth “at least two, three times” that.
 “This raffle would not have succeeded if the name was not Picasso. I tried to propose other artists’ names. But it would not work, because they wanted a name that would appeal to everybody. It has to be Picasso. Picasso is the magic name," he told the AP.
 Other paintings in Nahmad's vast collection of modern and impressionist art are more valuable and celebrated. Accumulated over decades, the stockpile is said by Forbes to be worth $3 billion. Nahmad himself won't say.
 “I don’t think people care about the number of works, but about their quality,” he said.
 But Nahmad says the prospect of parting with “Nature Morte” has made him more appreciative of the small still life, which is signed “Picasso" and shows a newspaper and a glass of absinthe on a wood table.
 The artist was a new father, to Paulo, with his Russian first wife Olga Khokhlova and was months shy of his 40th birthday when he completed the painting in June 1921.
 “I think this painting is extremely chic," Nahmad said. “And the fact that it is small, it makes it not pretentious. A small jewel.”
 The raffle draw is being held in Paris on March 30. Organizers Péri Cochin, a television producer, and Arabelle Reille, an art historian, aim to sell 200,000 tickets, raising millions to provide water for villagers in Cameroon, Madagascar and Morocco.
 They decided to pay Nahmad for the painting, rather than push for a free donation, because they hope to encourage other collectors or galleries to also part with Picasso works for future charity raffles.
 “David first said, ‘I don’t think I have a painting for a million euros. I have really beautiful paintings that are worth much more than that. But you know what? Let's go together to my book, my collection book, and we'll try to find something together,'" Reille recalled.
 “For a million euros, usually you can get a nice drawing, a water color, a beautiful print. But it's extremely rare to find a painting, and we did find this one in the end," she said.
 Nahmad, 72, started dealing art with his brothers in the 1960s, paying as little as $5,000 for pieces by Picasso and building the hoard of works that made them into billionaires. Nahmad's sumptuous apartment in Monaco is in one of the principality's most sought-after addresses for the rich and famous, with spectacular Mediterranean vistas. Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti grace the home and works by French cubist painter Fernand Léger and other artists decorate Nahmad's walls.
 He says his artworks are as dear to him as children and that parting with them is difficult. He recalled early purchases of works by René Magritte, the Belgian surrealist, Irish-born painter Francis Bacon and others when they could still be bought cheaply. Nahmad said his ambition “before I die” is to keep improving his already fabulous collection, describing it as "a living thing.”
 “You learn every day,” he said. “A statement of a bank, it is so boring. Each time you buy a painting, you want to know more.”
 Nahmad believes that Picasso, who died in 1973, would have liked the raffling of his work to the public.
 "Picasso was very generous. He gave paintings to his driver, his tailor,” Nahmad said. “He wanted his art to be collected by all kinds of people, not only by the super-rich.”
 His hope for “Nature Morte” is that the winner will be someone who appreciates it. If not, “I will be very unhappy" and “would like to buy it back," Nahmad said.
 “There’s nothing worse than to own something without understanding that thing,” he said.
 “It’s like people: If you don’t understand a person — whether it’s your wife, your girlfriend or whatever — you can never like them.”

journalist: By JOHN LEICESTER , Associated Press, Associated Press

title: AP Interview: Billionaire bids anxious farewell to Picasso


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Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi.
 Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi.
 (CNA photo)

 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi said during a recent interview that the relationship between Japan and Taiwan shall not be compromised by its ties to China.

The progress of Japan’s relations with China should not hinder the development of Japan’s relationship with Taiwan, said Hiroyasu, who became the head of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Taipei Office last November. Taiwan and Japan maintain close economic ties, share fundamental values, and their people have been important partners and valuable friends, said the representative in an interview with CNA.

Relations between China and Japan have been mending somewhat in recent years, which raises a question of whether Japan’s relationship with the island nation will be undermined accordingly. Hiroyasu said Japan-China relations remain critical, as the bilateral relationship is influential in regional and global stability.

Having served as a career diplomat for nearly four decades, Hiroyasu, who is now serving as an ambassador in the de-facto Japanese embassy in Taiwan, pledged to continue promoting people-to-people and economic ties between the two nations. He said he will continue to push forward cultural exchanges so that younger generations of Taiwanese will further understand Japan and be fond of the nation.

As for promoting economic ties, the representative expressed his country’s interest in collaborating with Taiwan as the island country has been exploring business and investment opportunities in the Southeastern nations in recent years. Taiwan’s economy is rather competitive, and there is great potential for the island to play a more important role in the international community, said the representative.

title: Japan's relationship with Taiwan should not be undermined by ties to China: Japanese representative


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香港中通社3月10日電 因不久前曾接觸一名新冠肺炎確診患者，美國國會的5名議員正在進行自我隔離，而其中2人近期曾與美國總統特朗普接觸過。據美國國會山網站報道，白宮在9日晚些時候表示，特朗普尚未接受過新冠肺炎的測試。

白宮新聞發言人斯蒂芬妮·格里沙姆在一份聲明中說：“總統沒有接受過新冠肺炎測試，因為他沒有與任何已知的新冠肺炎確診患者長期保持密切接觸，也沒有出現任何症狀。特朗普總統仍然身體健康，他的醫生將繼續密切關注他的情況。”

環球網引述美國有線電視新聞網(CNN)、商業內幕網站報道，在當地時間9日於白宮舉行的一場新聞發佈會上，特朗普被在場記者問及是否接受過新冠病毒檢測，但他并未作答，隨後直接離開了現場。

不久前，特朗普與副總統彭斯曾在美國馬里蘭州一同出席一場保守派政治行動會議(CPAC)活動，其中一名與會者7日被確認新冠肺炎檢測呈陽性。

多家美媒8日爆料稱，特朗普2月29日曾被拍到與美國保守聯盟(ACU)主席馬特•施拉普握過手——令人擔憂的是，施拉普3月8日證實他曾與新冠肺炎感染者有過短暫接觸。CNN還在9日發佈的另一篇報道中披露稱，不少曾與上述CPAC與會并確診者有過接觸的國會議員都已宣佈開始進行“自我隔離”，其中包括喬治亞州共和黨眾議員道格•柯林斯、德州參議員泰德•克魯茲、亞利桑那州眾議員保羅⋅戈薩以及佛羅里達州眾議員馬特•蓋茲。

CNN介紹說，馬特•蓋茲還曾與特朗普共度了剛剛過去的這個周末：7日晚與特朗普和巴西總統博索納羅在海湖莊園共進晚餐；9日與特朗普乘同一輛總統專車，據悉兩人之間的距離“不到幾英尺”。(完)

countries: 喬治亞 巴西 美國

events: 新冠病毒 新冠肺炎

title: 白宮稱特朗普未與確診患者密切接觸 尚未接受新冠病毒檢測


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香港中通社3月10電(記者 阮曉)新冠肺炎疫情正在全球蔓延，中國內地以外的國家及地區確診病例已超過3萬例，防疫抗疫已成熱門話題。不同國家的留學生及當地華人談到當地防疫意識及措施時，大多在電話中對香港中通社記者表示，當地人多數意識不強口罩不戴。

在美國佐治亞州攻讀博士學位的黃先生表示，身邊除華人外，當地戴口罩的確不多見，這可能跟此前美國疾病控制與預防中心不建議公眾佩戴口罩防疫有關。他自己所在的州目前確診病例不多，疫情仍可控；但在社區傳播較活躍的華盛頓州及加利福尼亞州，已有學校停學，公司開始遠程辦公、線上面試，多場學術會議亦已延期或取消。他相信若疫情再進一步暴發，學校及所在州或升級防控措施。

明尼蘇達州某大學訪問學者劉先生則稱，自2月底住家附近已很難買到口罩，網購價格也翻了幾倍；但除有零星華裔面孔佩戴口罩外，未感受到周圍人採取任何防疫措施。其所在的學校要求從疫區返校的學生自我隔離14天，并號召減少外出；“但這周放春假，大家好像還是照常出去旅行了，沒人理會學校的呼籲。”劉先生無奈地說。

疫情近日在歐洲暴發，在盧森堡從事金融業的李小姐表示，當地口罩、消毒液均已脫銷，但最令其無奈的是，自己備有口罩卻不敢戴。社會普遍認為，只有生了病才需要戴口罩，公眾對新冠病毒潛伏期的認識仍顯不足，華人在街上戴口罩會引來側目甚至被襲擊。

李小姐又指，目前當地大型公眾活動未受影響，政府沒有強制企業遠程辦公，自己所在的公司已正常開工，并試圖通過取消休假等方式限制員工前往意大利等疫情較嚴重的國家；但遭到同事們的不理解，認為侵犯自由。

於澳大利亞珀斯從事研究工作的黃先生介紹，澳大利亞最初要求14日內去過中國內地的人士在第三方國家隔離14日方可入境，據其了解，目前有不少留學生仍在泰國、迪拜等地隔離。隨著疫情發展，澳大利亞延長中國旅客的入境禁令，并擴大範圍至韓國及伊朗旅客。目前，西澳州政府雇員被限制出境。

雖然政府已採取較為嚴厲的出入境政策，但黃先生認為，除華人外，澳大利亞國民日常防疫意識仍較為薄弱，公司基本無人戴口罩，出入公司也不需要量體溫，大型公眾活動和集會幾乎未受影響，他下周還要前往墨爾本參與一個約400人規模的學術會議。

被問及擔不擔心，黃先生無奈地說，“我擔心也沒用，公司很多人去，我就算不去他們回來了也一樣(有可能)被感染。”(完)

countries: 伊朗 盧森堡 美國 中國 泰國 韓國

title: 華人及留學生海外看防疫：意識不強口罩不戴


content_text: 因應新冠肺炎疫情持續，早前香港特區政府教育局宣佈全港學校不早於4月20日復課。在3月10日召開的香港立法會衛生事務委員會特別會議上，教育局首席教育主任陳展桓強調，當局會安排分階段復課，復課前會先了解學校口罩訂購情況及存量。圖為處於停課狀態的香港嘉諾撒聖方濟各書院。(香港中通社記者 張一丁 攝) 香港中通社圖片

title: 圖：香港教育局表示會分階段復課 跟進學校口罩訂購情況


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香港房屋署擬於西鐵錦上路站周邊興建9000單位公屋。 (文匯網資料圖片)

香港房屋署擬於西鐵錦上路站周邊推展錦田南公屋發展計劃，預計興建約21座公屋，提供約9千個單位，估計可容納超過25000人。公屋興建工程預計2023年分階段展開，2026年分階段落成。元朗區議會相關委員會將於下周三(18日)開會討論有關計劃。

根據房屋署文件，發展計劃分為3幅土地，總面積達14.2公頃，最大面積的兩幅土地位處錦莆路兩旁，面積都達5.8公頃，分別可興建9座及8座高約17層的公屋，各可供應約3700個單位。余下一幅地面積約2.6公頃，位處青朗公路旁，約可興建4座約17層公屋，提供約4300個單位。

土木工程拓展署表示，已就發展計劃進行交通評估，認為不會對附近交通造成負面影響，但錦上路屬較早期興建的鄉村道路，未符合現時道路標準，因此要進行擴闊工程。為配合工程，政府將分階段回收約12.5公頃私人土地及清理約9.2公頃政府土地。

title: 錦上路站擬建21幢公屋 9000單位2026年落成


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圖自澎湃新聞

湖北武漢市最後兩家方艙醫院進入休艙倒計時。記者3月10日上午從武昌方艙醫院院方獲悉，10日下午，武昌方艙醫院最後一批留艙的49名患者將康復出艙，宣告正式休艙。屆時院方將舉行簡短的休艙儀式。

9日下午，隨著江漢方艙醫院休艙，實際投用的15家方艙醫院，僅剩武昌方艙醫院和江夏方艙醫院尚在運行。按計劃，兩處方艙均於10日休艙，武漢投用的方艙醫院將全部休艙待命。

武昌方艙醫院院方3月10日上午表示，9日晚，是武昌方艙醫院按計劃休艙的最後一晚，武漢大學人民醫院醫療隊員馬永剛、丁文茂、昌金星、江文洋等人進艙查看病人情況。武昌方艙醫院留艙49人，均已達到出院標準。

與此同時，院感組工作人員姚紅玲、劉艷等人對CT等醫用設備、艙內外環境進行消殺。清華大學相關環境學專家還將對艙內氣溶膠等關鍵指標持續監測。

記者獲悉，武昌方艙醫院作為武漢市首批三處改造投用的方艙醫院，由洪山體育館改造而來，實際可容納病床784張。在2月3日晚開始動工改造後，2月5日23時許收治首批患者，2月11日16時許，武昌方艙醫院首批28名新冠肺炎患者康復出院。

此前，國家衛健委醫管中心副主任翟曉輝在接受媒體采訪時表示，隨著疫情變化，武漢市定點醫院的床位數已經空出了近萬張，力爭在3月10日左右，所有方艙醫院全部休艙。“如果隨著疫情變化，還是先收治到定點醫院去，定點醫院如果解決不了，我們再啟動方艙。”

title: 倒計時！武漢最後兩處方艙醫院10日將正式休艙


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台灣流行疫情指揮中心10日公布，島內確診第46、47例新冠肺炎感染病例，案46(台灣北部20多歲男性)是案34及案41家人；案47為荷蘭境外移入個案(台灣南部30多歲男性)。

指揮中心表示，案46近期無島外旅遊史，與案34、案41同住，曾於案34住院期間陪病，並於案34確診後，以接觸者身份於2月28日至3月3日住院隔離並進行兩次采檢，經檢驗皆為陰性後返家居家隔離。

3月6日至8日，案46出現咳嗽癥狀，衛生單位進行健康追蹤時，案46表示咳嗽加劇，因此安排就醫後收治負壓隔離病房並進行第三次采檢，於10日確診。針對本起群聚，截至目前已掌握接觸者共447人，並采檢398人，其中8人陽性(案35至38及案41、42、45、46)、386人陰性、其余檢驗中。指揮中心介紹，案47於3月2日至3月5日曾與2名同事至荷蘭出差，返台後於3月9日出現微燒及幹咳情形於當日就醫，因其有島外旅遊史且出現癥狀，故院方進行采檢通報，於10日確診，目前收治負壓隔離病房。

countries: 台灣 荷蘭

title: 台灣醫院群聚感染再擴大 島內確診病例增至47例


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資料圖：中國外交部發言人耿爽。圖源：中國外交部網站

3月10日，中國外交部發言人耿爽主持例行記者會。有記者提問，據報道，3月9日，歐盟宣布啟動處理對非洲關系的“全面戰略”，該戰略聚焦安全、經濟增長、氣候變化、數字轉型、移民等議題。歐盟外交與安全政策高級代表博雷利表示，歐盟制定此項戰略並非打算與中國競爭，而是加強自身同非洲大陸關系。中方對此有何評論？

耿爽表示，我們註意到有關報道，也註意到歐方表態。支持非洲和平與發展是國際社會的共同責任。中方始終以開放的態度看待國際對非合作，樂見非洲合作夥伴多元化，歡迎包括歐盟在內的國際社會各方在尊重非洲意願的基礎上關註非洲、重視非洲、投入非洲，幫助非洲實現發展和振興。

耿爽指出，中歐均是非洲重要合作夥伴，對非合作各有優勢和特色。中歐雙方已就非洲事務進行了11輪磋商，圍繞各自對非合作和涉非三方合作等問題深入交換意見。我們願同包括歐方在內的國際社會一道，擴大交流對話，加強協調配合，提升各自對非合作效果，穩步推進涉非合作，幫助非洲國家增強反恐、應對氣候變化、實現可持續發展能力，為非洲和平與發展事業作出更大貢獻。當前，中國對非友好合作保持良好發展勢頭，為國際對非合作發揮了重要的引領作用。中方將繼續秉持“真實親誠”理念和正確義利觀，積極推進落實中非合作論壇北京峰會成果和中非領導人共識，同非洲國家相互支持，共同抗擊新冠肺炎疫情，推動中非全面戰略合作夥伴關系不斷取得新發展。

countries: 歐盟 中國 中非

title: 歐盟啟動對非“全面戰略”，中方：樂見非洲合作夥伴多元化


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據台灣“中時電子報”報道，日前，台行政主管部門通過“國土計劃法”修正草案，讓重大建設可不受“國土計劃法”限制，引發外界批評“開後門”。國民黨“立法機構”黨團今開記者會炮轟台行政主管部門，國民黨立委洪孟楷批評這是“趁疫打劫”，這種重大爭議法案，台行政主管部門提一次，國民黨就封殺一次。

國民黨團書記長蔣萬安說，台行政主管部門台面上說為了防疫不提優先法案，台面下又火速把“國土計劃法”送來，是假借重大建設之名，規避環境保育、農業永續之責。這代表執政黨在利益當前沒有不能犧牲的對象，因此國民黨要求台行政主管部門將爭議法案不要送進台灣“立法機構”，請台行政主管部門積極跟人民對話，檢視必要性。國民黨民意代表陳玉珍也嗆說，他自己擔任內政委員會召委，是絕對不可能把這案排進來。因此他也奉勸民進黨另一個召委，不要為一黨一人之私讓台灣土地計劃毀於一旦。

國民黨團首席副書記長林奕華質疑，民進黨是不是打著重大建設為名，讓特定人士取得便宜農地跟山坡地開發？而催生此條例的前立委邱文彥也說，堅持反對空白授權的條例修改，應該追求的是世代公平正義。

people: 陳玉珍 蔣萬安 林奕華

title: 藍委轟“國土法”趁疫打劫 提一次就封殺一次


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資料圖：中國外交部發言人耿爽。圖源：中國外交部網站

香港新聞網3月10日電 3月10日，中國外交部發言人耿爽主持例行記者會。

耿爽發布消息稱，中國—太平洋島國衛生專家視頻會議於今天舉行，此時此刻，也就是現在，中國外交部、國家衛健委的官員以及中方的衛生專家正在與庫克群島、斐濟、基里巴斯、密克羅尼西亞聯邦、紐埃、巴布亞新幾內亞、薩摩亞、所羅門群島、湯加和瓦努阿圖等十個太平洋島國政府的官員和衛生專家舉行視頻會議，分享抗疫信息，交流防控經驗。新冠肺炎疫情發生後，中方本著公開透明和高度負責的態度，及時向包括太平洋島國在內的有關國家和地區通報信息，回應各方關切，加強同國際社會的疫情防控合作，共同維護地區和全球的公共衛生安全。

耿爽指出，島國政府和人民也對中國政府和人民的抗疫鬥爭給予了聲援與支持，並提供了一定的幫助。我們對此表示感謝。當前疫情在全球多點爆發，並擴散蔓延，加強國際防控的重要性進一步凸顯，中方高度重視太平洋島國在疫情防控方面面臨的挑戰，願繼續根據島國的需要，提供力所能及的幫助，共同打贏這場疫情防控阻擊戰，推動構建人類命運共同體。

耿爽表示，關於此次視頻會議的詳細情況，我們會及時地發布消息。

countries: 中國 幾內亞 紐埃 香港 庫克群島 斐濟 薩摩亞 密克羅尼西亞聯邦

title: 中國外交部：中國與太平洋島國正分享抗疫信息交流經驗


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穿防護服的韓國醫護人員。圖源：韓聯社

據韓聯社3月10日報道，韓國疾病管理本部旗下國立保健研究院當天表示，近日成功合成用於識別新型冠狀病毒抗體的蛋白質。

韓國國立保健研究院表示，利用該蛋白質，能從處於恢復期的患者血液中提取中和抗體生成細胞(B細胞)，這有助於形成新冠病毒抗體，是研發新冠病毒藥物治劑必不可少的部分。

報道稱，韓國國立保健研究院將提取多個新冠病毒核蛋白抗原後，敲定中和試驗的方法，再評估治療劑的效能。該研究院此前通過開發治療抗體，發掘疫苗候選物質，進行臨床流行病學、血清研究、擴大藥物使用範圍研究等，為研發新冠病毒疫苗和制劑打下基礎，並與學術界、企業共同開展研究。

events: 新冠病毒 冠狀病毒

taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 中和

title: 韓國成功合成用於識別新冠病毒抗體的蛋白質


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中國駐澳大利亞大使館網站截圖

據中國駐澳大利亞大使館網站消息，據澳大利亞政府最新消息，澳目前已確診100例新型冠狀病毒肺炎病例。中國駐澳使館高度重視在澳中國公民的健康安全，再次提醒在澳中國公民切實做好自我防護。

一、密切關註澳衛生部等官方機構發布的權威信息(https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert)，認真遵守澳官方有關規定和要求，科學理性看待疫情，不恐慌、不傳謠、不信謠。

二、提高自我防範意識，保持良好衛生習慣，加強衛生防護，加強鍛煉，提高自身免疫力。根據實際需要合理安排出行。

三、密切關註自身健康狀況。如出現疑似新型冠狀病毒肺炎癥狀，請盡快尋求當地醫療幫助。可撥打澳全國冠狀病毒健康信息24小時熱線電話1800020080。

如需筆譯或口譯服務，請撥打131450。澳各州和領地公共衛生部門電話號碼可查詢https://www.health.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/state-and-territory-offices。

四、為確保來我館辦理證件業務的有關申請人健康安全，使館已加強對領事服務大廳的衛生安全工作，采取清潔、消毒、體溫測量等措施，建議來館申請人切實配合做好個人防護。如出現疑似癥狀，請暫緩來館辦證。

如有需要，請隨時聯系駐澳使領館，撥打駐澳使領館領事保護與協助應急電話：

駐澳大利亞使館 02 6228 3948

駐悉尼總領館 02 9550 5519

駐墨爾本總領館 03 9824 8810

駐珀斯總領館 08 9221 3729

駐布裏斯班總領館 07 3012 8090

駐阿德萊德總領館 08 8268 8806

外交部全球領事保護與服務應急呼叫中心電話：

+86-10-12308或+86-10-59913991

events: 新冠肺炎 冠狀病毒

title: 澳大利亞新冠肺炎已確診100例 中使館提醒僑胞做好防護


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香港中通社3月10日電 台北消息：台灣流行疫情指揮中心10日公佈，新增第46、47例新冠肺炎確定病例，第46例系醫院群聚感染個案，是第34例及第41例的家人；第47例則為荷蘭境外移入個案。

指揮中心表示，第46例為一名北部20多歲男性，近期無出境史，與第34例、第41例同住，更曾於第34例住院期間陪病。第34例確診後，男子也於2月28日至3月3日住院隔離並進行兩次採檢，皆為陰性後返家居家隔離。

3月6日至8日該男子出現咳嗽症狀，衛生單位進行健康追蹤時，他表示咳嗽加劇，因此安排就醫住院並進行第三次採檢，其後確診。針對本起群聚感染案，截至目前已掌握接觸者共447人，並採檢398人，其中8人陽性、386人陰性、其餘檢驗中。

對於前兩次採檢皆為陰性，疫情指揮中心專家諮詢小組召集人張上淳表示，該男子當初列為密切接觸者，一開始沒有任何症狀，出現症狀時算是經過一段潛伏期，才檢測出來，而潛伏期本來就不會檢驗到病毒。

第47例病人為南部30多歲台灣男性，於3月2日至5日曾與2名同事至荷蘭出差，返台後於3月9日出現微燒及乾咳情形，當日就醫，10日確診。依發病前活動史研判，該男子於境外感染的可能性較高，衛生單位持續追蹤與其同機旅客、親友及職場、就醫接觸者之健康情形。此前台灣確診個案研判為境外移入的來源地有中國大陸、日本、迪拜、埃及、菲律賓及郵輪“鑽石公主”號。

截至10日，台灣累計接獲疑似新冠肺炎通報1萬4635例，其中47例確診，分別為26例本土病例及21例境外移入。確診個案中，1名死亡、17名解除隔離、其餘個案病況穩定。(完)

countries: 台灣 荷蘭 菲律賓 中國 日本 埃及

events: 新冠肺炎 死亡

title: 台灣新增2例新冠肺炎確診個案 1例曾到荷蘭出差


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圖片來源：自由之家封面報告截圖

香港新聞網3月10日電 黑衣暴徒無法無天鬧足9個月的香港，在最新的全球自由度排名中，只排到第117位？是的，你沒聽錯！

日前，自詡“全球民主自由清音”的美國NGO組織“自由之家”，公布的2020 年全球自由度調查報告顯示，香港自由度評分為55分，在全球排名117。

網友對這個“自由之家”應該不會陌生，去年它曾因在香港修例風波中的惡劣表現，被外交部發言人華春瑩點名批評。

“自由之家”的這份報告顯示，香港的自由度評分為 55 分，評分較去年跌 4 分，於全球 210 個國家或地區中排第 117 名。

咦？香港黑衣暴徒又殺人，又放火，稍不“如意”就上街、堵路、圍警局、圍機場……難道這還不“自由”？

“自由之家”給出的“官方解釋”是：香港現在享有的是“局部自由(partly free)”，《逃犯條例》修訂爭議導致“香港人自由被侵蝕，示威者至今仍在爭取四大訴求”。

咦？香港暴徒自始至終說的可都是“五大訴求，缺一不可”？“自由之家”明目張膽少算一個“訴求”，小心被香港暴徒“裝修”哦！

有分析認為，“自由之家”今年的報告指向性非常強，更像是一份香港暴徒的暴行年度表彰，其主題為《A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy(無“大台”的“民主”抗爭)》，其封面則是香港黑衣暴徒撐傘抵抗警方水炮車的場面，其字裏行間還用“和平示威者”形容香港黑衣暴徒。

看樣子，在“自由之家”眼裏，香港這些殺人放火的暴徒，簡直和“聖徒”一樣，只不知這樣的“亮麗風景線”假如有一天出現在美國國內，它們又會怎樣的“頌贊”呢？

圖說：1月1日，香港黑衣暴徒在中環破壞設施及縱火。來源：香港中通社圖片

其實，所謂“自由度排名”，就像商場優惠券上的那句“XX公司保留最終解釋權”，何為民主、何為自由，這些所謂的西方NGO組織認為自己怎麽“解釋”都行！

事實上，“自由之家”之流早就劣跡斑斑，就連它們自己也早已不屑用“美麗的謊言”，來掩飾自己的惡劣行徑。

去年底，華春瑩就將一連點了“自由之家”在內的五家美國NGO組織的名，並對它們在香港反修例風波中的惡劣表現予以制裁。

香港《文匯報》曾起底過“自由之家”。它的一篇報道披露，它實際是由美國官方資助、專門幹預他國政治、策劃實施“顏色革命”的非政府組織。該組織成立於1941年，總部位於華盛頓，66%預算來自美國政府的政府預算，資金流通的管道包括全國民主基金會、美國國際開發署以及美國國務院。

圖片來源：香港《文匯報》報道截圖

“自由之家”長年打著“致力於民主、政治自由及人權研究和支持”的幌子，對各國民主自由進行所謂的“年度評估”，實則幹預他國政治，策劃實施顏色革命。

在香港修例風波中，“自由之家”除了涉嫌於幕後資助縱亂，還多次公開聲援美國幹預香港事務、煽動暴力亂港。

countries: 香港 美國

references: 網友 香港中通社

title: 黑衣暴徒無法無天鬧足9個月，還有人說香港不“自由”？


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香港中通社3月10日電 題：美股史上第二次熔斷，是世界經濟衰退先兆嗎？

香港中通社記者 張婕舒

隨著國際油價崩盤，環球股市經歷“黑色星期一”，美股標準普爾500指數9日開盤初即暴跌7%，觸發熔斷機制，交易暫停15分鐘。這是美股熔斷機制近23年來首度觸發，道指也見11年來最大單日跌幅。外界擔心全球經濟大衰退無法避免，有經濟學者認為，這屬短期影響，很快會復甦。

新冠肺炎疫情削弱能源需求，石油輸出國組織(OPEC)近日未能與俄羅斯等國達成減產共識，沙特阿拉伯隨即以降價增產報復俄羅斯，導致國際油價慘跌20%以上，創下1991年以來最大單日跌幅。這也重創全球股市，令美股標普500指數9日開盤初即大跌7%，觸發熔斷機制。此前，美股只有一次觸發熔斷機制的記錄，發生在1997年10月27日。

美國總統特朗普9日在社交網站推特(Twitter)發文指，美股急挫，主要是因為沙特阿拉伯和俄羅斯對油價及原油產能爭論不休，加上傳媒發佈不實報道。

香港中文大學經濟學系副教授莊太量10日在接受香港中通社採訪時指出：“特朗普的分析基本正確。油價戰引發油價下跌，如果跌至低於40美元，就會令美國許多頁岩油商瀕臨破產，這種危機確實可能造成美股大跌。同時，頁岩油商一向依靠發行高息債券來支持融資，加上2020年債務到期規模較大，2024年更是債務到期高峰期。可能的債務危機令市場擔心觸發另一輪類似08年的金融海嘯，因而紛紛拋售股票。”

莊太量續指：“新冠肺炎疫情則是這一切的導火索。因為疫情令中國許多活動停頓，導致國際航班數量大減，帶動石油出口量急降。因而，石油輸出國需要商討減產來托市，但因協商未果，所以出現石油減價戰。”

“此外，中東國家多年來累積了大量海外股票市場投資，如果油價下挫令其收入減少，可能會在全球拋售股票來支撐本國財政，進一步觸發股市下挫。”莊太量補充道。

美股熔斷引發市場極度恐慌。俗稱“恐慌指數”的芝加哥期權交易所波動指數(VIX)一度升至62.12，是“金融海嘯”之後的10年新高。綜合情緒指標的CNN恐懼與貪婪指數(Fear and Greed Index)顯示，市場由1個月前的“貪婪”，現時變為“極度恐懼”。

各界擔心世界經濟將面臨衰退。聯合國貿易與發展會議表示，隨著新冠疫情蔓延至世界各國，世界經濟將面臨衰退。該組織成員科祖爾-賴特(Richard Kozul-Wright)預測，今年全球經濟損失將在1萬億至2萬億美元之間，而且情況可能更糟。該組織報告顯示，全球年增長率將低於2.5%，歐洲金融市場將陷入熊市，造成2008年全球金融危機以來最嚴重的影響。

紐約大學經濟學教授羅比尼(Nouriel Roubini)在推特發文警告指，這場危機由能源和其他以槓桿操作的產業引發，新冠疫情對經濟的衝擊是真切存在的，全球即將爆發經濟衰退和危機，而且將比2016年和2019年時更加嚴重。資產管理業者古根漢合夥公司(Guggenheim Partners)全球投資長米納德(Scott Minerd)也表示，全球經濟衰退或許是無法避免的。

不過市場上也有不同看法，高盛集團前執行長貝蘭克梵(Lloyd Blankfein)在推特發文預測， 恐懼會促使市場進一步下跌，但當健康威脅消退後，市場會迅速復甦。“尤其是在美國，基本經濟穩健、銀行受到良好約束，體系未過度槓桿操作。”

莊太量則認為：“此次事件不會引發全球經濟衰退，因為市場會適應疫情影響，數月後，無論疫情是否完結，所有國家一定會復工，市場需求會回升到正常水平。美股熔斷則屬短期影響，很快會復甦。因為股票升跌是正常現象，此前標普500指數其實過高，現在只是調整回到正常水位。”(完)

countries: 中國 美國 俄羅斯

references: 香港中通社 Twitter

things: 經濟 油價

title: （中通論壇）美股史上第二次熔斷，是世界經濟衰退先兆嗎？


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民建聯屯門支部副主席巫成鋒向區議會主席陳樹英遞交請願信，反對區議會公帑買“豬嘴” 。 (大公文匯全媒體記者 攝)

香港新聞網3月10日電 屯門區議會小區危機工作小組日前達成共識，建議用200萬港元購買防疫用品，當中130萬港元用以購買可重用過濾設備(即豬嘴同濾罐)，引起多個團體不滿。

據大公文匯全媒體新聞中心報道，今日(10日)多個建制派團體到區議會門外示威，反對區議會公帑買“豬嘴” ，並質疑是資助暴徒。

民建聯區議員賴嘉汶表示，不少醫生及專家已多次重申，外科口罩足以有效防止飛沫傳播，而“豬嘴” 口罩不但比外科口罩昂貴，防疫效果成疑，區議會購買“豬嘴” 防毒面具，難免令人懷疑濫用公帑，變相資助暴徒。

工聯會區議員陳有海亦表示，“豬嘴” 口罩給市民的感覺是用於暴亂，因此只贊成公帑用於購買外科口罩及消毒用品。團體向屯門區議會主席陳樹英到場遞交請願信後離去。

title: 多個建制團體反對區議會買“豬嘴” 質疑濫用公帑資助暴徒


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香港中通社3月10日電 停靠在美國加州奧克蘭港的“至尊公主”號郵輪暴發新冠肺炎疫情，出現至少21宗新冠肺炎確診病例。香港特區立法會10日舉行的衛生事務委員會上，保安局副秘書長林淑儀表示，入境處無接到有關這艘郵輪的港人求助，相信沒有港人在船上。

至於停靠日本橫濱的“鑽石公主”號郵輪，有兩名確診港人在當地去世。林淑儀指出，特區政府會向死者家屬提供協助，現時仍有16名入境處職員在日本協助郵輪港人乘客，駐東京辦事處職員亦有提供協助。

林淑儀續稱，“鑽石公主”號郵輪上的一名去世港人持英國護照，家屬表示會由英方提供有關協助。(完)

countries: 香港 英國 美國 日本

title: 香港保安局：相信無港人身處“至尊公主”號郵輪


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香港新聞網3月10日電 香港特區行政會議4名非官守議員3月5日至8日受邀以個人身份赴美參加美國香港對話，期間曾與多名美國官員對話。

香港特區行政會議非官守議員召集人陳智思10日表示，對話期間向美方提出《香港人權與民主法案》是在香港存有很多矛盾之時推出，其實是令香港更加分化，令社會有更多誤解。

陳智思說，該法案製造很多不必要的擔憂和矛盾。當“制裁”字眼一出，不少商界，包括在香港的美國商界，都擔心會不會受“制裁”影響。(記者寧之羽)

journalist: 寧之羽

title: 香港行會成員晤美官員 ：人權法案令香港更分化


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美国石英网报道截图

香港新聞網3月10日電 經過一段時間的奮戰，中國的戰疫目前已進入決戰決勝階段。同時，美國的疫情也進入了“新階段”，用美國高級衛生官員的話說就是：疫情進入新階段，已無法控制病毒了。然而，比起新冠病毒，美媒此時卻更“怕”被中國“看笑話”。

美國石英網：中國人都在看美國“笑話”！

當地時間3月6日，美國石英網站發表文章：《美國應對疫情不力，中國卻站在一旁“看笑話”》。

文章承認，隨著美國的新冠肺炎病例數不斷上升，美國政府的反應至少不算好——總統三番五次“噴”科學事實；不管隔離還是檢測，美國人都要自己花一大筆錢；還有人質疑美國官員告訴民眾的疫情真相，到底有多少可信度。

文章稱，很多中國人對此是“又驚又喜”。驚的是，世界頭號強國美國，在為可能爆發的新冠肺炎疫情做了幾周準備後，如今在疫情面前竟如此狼狽而混亂。要知道，武漢在1月初發現新冠肺炎病例幾周後，美國也發現了首例。美國有足夠時間為可能的大爆發做準備。

“喜”的是，在中國，有關新冠肺炎的檢測和治療都是免費的，而美國人做這種檢測和治療卻花費不菲。文章稱，很多中國網友都在微博上“看美國笑話”。

太“自覺”？美國《國家利益》雜誌擔心被中國“落井下石”……

美國《國家利益》報道截圖

在中國抗疫處於關鍵期時，美國又是打“臺灣牌”，又是渲染“中國威脅”，又是“驅逐”中國記者，忙得不亦樂乎，行盡“落井下石”之事。

然而，美國疫情進入“新階段”後，盡管中國啥都沒說，美媒就“自覺”地發揮“想象力”了。

當地時間3月8日，美國《國家利益》雜誌發表文章：《中國“威脅”要讓美國“陷入新冠肺炎疫情的地獄”》。

文章稱，在美國新冠肺炎病例數不斷增加的時候，中國卻“威脅”要嚴重破壞對美國的藥品供應，而且中國真有能力這麽做！

中國“威脅”要嚴重破壞對美國的藥品供應？此話從何說起啊？

為證明中國“確實”發出了“威脅”，文章給了個鏈接，就是新華社下面這篇評論性文章。

新華社原文截圖

這家美媒看完文章“憂心忡忡”地指出，不幸的是，中國發出這種“威脅”並不是虛張聲勢。“理由”是，中國在仿制藥生產中占主導地位，占美國人所用仿制藥的90%。但美國的關鍵“漏洞”不僅包括成品藥，還包括藥物中的活性成分。美國目前進口的活性成分中，80%都來自“紅色中國”。即使從其它國家進口的藥物，其原料也依賴中國。仿制藥的另一個主要來源是印度，但該國80%的藥物成分要從中國進口。

以上，就是美國《國家利益》雜誌“以己之心度人之腹”的理由——中國“有能力這麽做”……

小編不得不說，在“預測”因果報應方面，美媒實在是太自覺了！

countries: 中國 印度 美國 臺灣 香港

events: 新冠肺炎 新冠病毒

title: 太“自覺”？美媒此時竟最擔心被中國“看笑話”


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台當局防務主管部門負責人嚴德發。

據台灣“中央社”報道，新冠肺炎疫情延燒，台當局防務主管部門負責人嚴德發今天(10日)表示，目前在居家隔離管控的官兵有400多人，不會影響戰備，最高曾到2000人，包括2名上將，現在都已期滿。

台“立院”今天繼續進行施政總質詢。嚴德發在接受質詢時稱，防疫就是作戰，因此相關防疫措施，例如超前部署、異地辦公、分倉分流等，防務部門都完成應變計劃，確保疫情不進入營區。嚴德發舉例，異地辦公部分，台防務部門有3棟獨立大樓，假如他在博愛樓辦公，“參謀總長”就移到隔壁辦公。此外，分倉分流都已完成相關規劃，將編制單位最小化，讓其能運作正常，把損害降到最小。

民進黨“立委”劉世芳問道，台軍服役人員中，目前有無居家隔離或居家檢疫者？嚴德發表示，過年開始因為放大假，官兵都要求14天居家隔離，到現在還在居家隔離管控的有400多人，不會影響戰備，最高曾有2000多人，一直在管控。劉世芳追問這些人的官階，嚴德發表示，官階高的有2名上將，他們分別是去尼加拉瓜、斯威士蘭進行軍事交流任務，因過境有經過疫區，而“現在都滿了、都回來了”。

countries: 台灣 尼加拉瓜

people: 劉世芳 嚴德發

title: 台"防長":台軍現有400多官兵居家隔離 最高2000人含2上將


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香港新聞網3月10日電 最擔心的事情還是發生了！在全球皆一“罩”難求的情況下，竟有香港示威者領取防疫口罩後，從事與示威相關的活動？

近日，有亂港分子在社交平臺曬照炫耀，透露自己從民建聯的手中領取口罩後，隨即將口罩包裝“改頭換面”，貼上有黑衣暴徒標誌的封口袋。

該亂港分子還語帶譏諷地稱，“多謝民建聯，幫手出錢買口罩。街坊換新裝後，就可以派出街宣傳‘抗爭’啦！”

有正義市民遂看不過眼，留言譏諷道，“草船借箭，不是貪得無厭嗎？”

眾所周知，新冠疫情暴發後，全球均一“罩”難求，香港地區亦不例外！

香港民建聯近日就從不同渠道搜羅口罩，免費派發予有需要的市民，不問立場、不分“顏色”，只要有需要、按機制申領，他們便會派發。

民建聯曾在社交平臺發帖指出，由於口罩數量不多，難以應付廣大市民的需求，只能在這緊急的情況下，略盡綿力，與大家共渡時艱。

(圖源：民建聯臉書專頁)

未料，竟有“恬不知恥”的暴徒，拿此救命物資去宣揚所謂的“抗爭”....。.

無獨有偶，香港屯門區區議員近日也被懷疑，以購抗疫物資為名，行支援暴徒之實！

5日，反對派區議員巫堃泰在社交平臺透露，屯門區區議會經表決後，決定花費200萬(港幣，下同)購買可重用過濾設備(即豬嘴及濾罐)等去防疫，並預期於3月底前派發。

title: 最擔心的事情發生了？抗疫口罩被暴徒拿去搞示威了！


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陳智思(右二)等行會成員見記者。 (大公文匯全媒體記者 攝)

香港新聞網3月10日電 陳智思、廖長江、葉劉淑儀及張國鈞等4名香港行政會議成員，早前應邀到美國交流，客觀反映香港社會現實。

據大公文匯全媒體新聞中心報道，4名成員今日(10日)下午見傳媒，行會召集人陳智思表示，美國制訂的所謂“香港人權與民主法”，令香港社會更分化，制造了更多誤解和矛盾。

他還表示有關制裁措施令香港的商界感到憂慮，包括美國企業在內的眾多企業亦擔心受到波及。他認為，中美兩國之間應該有共同目標，不應只有競爭的矛盾。

另一位行會成員、新民黨主席葉劉淑儀則表示，自己有向美方傳達清晰信息，表明“一國兩制”在香港成功實踐，大前提在於不影響國家安全、領土完整和發展利益。

title: 陳智思批美方借人權法案分化香港


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香港中通社3月10日電 3月9日，世界衛生組織(WHO)總幹事譚德塞表示，目前新冠肺炎感染在全球100多個國家和地區蔓延，該疫情構成全球性大流行的威脅“已經變得非常現實”，但可以通過我們的判斷與努力，減緩病毒的傳播，對感染進行控制。他強烈要求各國進一步採取防控措施。

譚德塞在例行記者會上說，雖然形勢嚴峻，但新冠肺炎疫情將是“歷史上第一次可以控制的大流行。最根本的是，我們不會受這種病毒擺佈”。他表示，“我們擁有巨大優勢，我們所有人——政府、企業、社區、家庭和個人——所做的決定可以影響這一流行病的發展軌跡。”

譚德塞表示，新冠肺炎全球確診病例和受影響國家及地區數量不斷增加，但疫情在全球範圍內的傳播并不均衡，不同國家受疫情影響不同，需要採取有針對性的應對措施。現在要做的不是在遏制和減緩疫情傳播中二選一，而是需要遏制和減緩同時進行。

他再次強調，只要盡早採取果斷行動，就能減緩病毒傳播。大多數感染者都會康復，例如中國報告的8萬多例病例中，超過70%已經康復出院。

譚德塞呼籲所有國家採取綜合戰略控制疫情。他表示，那些繼續發現和檢測病例并追蹤其接觸者的國家，不僅保護本國人民，還能幫助遏制疫情在其他國家和全球的傳播。根據具體情況，出現社區傳播的國家和地區“可以考慮關閉學校、取消大規模集會，以及採取其他措施來減少接觸”。

根據9日世衛組織的疫情報告，新冠肺炎感染者全球已達10萬9578人，擴展至108個國家和地區。

當記者問及世衛組織如何定義“全球性大流行”時，世衛組織衛生緊急項目執行主任邁克爾·瑞安表示，“雖然沒有明確的定義，但是全球性大流行是指疫情的跨國傳播已經達到無法控制的程度”。

對此，譚德塞指出，目前確認感染新冠肺炎的100多個國家和地區中，有79個確診病例不到100人，因此需要根據感染的實際情況，判斷是否進入“全球性大流行”階段。(完)

title: WHO稱新冠肺炎已在100多個國家和地區蔓延


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謝振中 視頻截圖

香港新聞網3月10日電 前香港警察公共關系科總警司謝振中，今日首次以葵青警區指揮官身份出席葵青區議會。

期間多名“黃絲”區議員舉牌抗議，除了稱警方執法為“警暴”外，又指警方拘捕行動是“濫捕”。

謝振中指出，在葵青犯罪、搞破壞的罪犯有大約40%不是當區居民，直斥“那些人跨區犯法，破壞別人的社區，唯恐天下不亂，實在令人痛心”。他還介紹，跨區到葵青區的暴徒最常犯的罪行是管有攻擊性武器，當中60%的被捕者都不居住在葵青區，他們身上藏有多種不同武器，包括：鋼珠、錘子、伸縮棍、斧頭，汽油彈等。謝振中質問：“試問一個不是住在葵青區的人，為什麽要帶這些武器來到這區，有什麽居心？”

謝振中最後強調，“警察的拘捕行動就正正瓦解了這班犯罪分子來葵青搗亂的陰謀。”

title: 謝振中一語KO“黃議員”：拘捕正正瓦解犯罪分子搗亂葵青的陰謀


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0117 蓮生活佛 伸手不見掌

越州姜山方禪師。

僧問：

「如何是不動尊？」

方禪師答：

「單著布衫穿市過。」（我註明：穿一條內褲穿市過）

僧問：

「學人不明？」

方禪師答：

「騎驢踏破洞庭波。」

僧問：

「透過三級浪，專聽一聲雷？」

方禪師答：

「伸手不見掌。」

我（盧 師尊）點撥如下：

不動尊。

（無人、無我、無眾生。當然，如如不動。）

騎驢踏破洞庭波。

（二者毫不相干。）

伸手不見掌。

（手就是掌，掌就是手。二者本同，為何不見？從此處，下手參。）

●

僧問：

「蓮花未出水時，如何？」

方禪師答：

「穿針嫌眼小。」

僧問：

「出水後如何？」

方禪師答：

「盡日展愁眉。」

又：

僧問：

「諸佛未出世時如何？」

方禪師答：

「不識酒望子。」

僧問：

「出世後如何？」

方禪師答：

「釣魚船上贈三椎。」

僧問：

「如何是佛？」

方禪師答：

「留髭表丈夫。」

●

方禪師上法座說：

穿雲不渡水，渡水不穿雲。

乾坤把定不把定，虛空放行不放行。

橫三豎四。

乍離乍合。

將長補短。

即不問汝諸人。

又說：

不是道得道不得。

諸方盡把為奇特。

寒山燒火滿頭灰。

笑?豐干這老賊。

●

盧 師尊註：

方禪師與僧人的對話，雖然語焉不明，但，若仔細推敲，仍有明白處。

例如：

如何是佛？留髭表丈夫。這已是很清楚了。

「伸手不見掌」，我且問大家，為何不見？為何不見？為何不見？參！聖弟子見過聖弟子嗎？

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countries: 台灣 臺灣

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄市 仁武區

title: 超殺優惠！溫野菜涮涮鍋慶六周年 身分證中4碼爽吃一波 - 台灣時報


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圖:記者鍾麗如攝

針對第二批包機返台的武漢台商是否會安排部分人員到台中安置隔離，市長盧秀燕對此表示，目前尚未接獲中央通知，患難時大家互相幫忙，因有前一次協助經驗，已建立ＳＯＰ作業。市府衛生局長曾梓展也說，尚未接獲中央通知有第二批包機返台的台商會到台中，全國共有三十二個場地作為檢疫所，台中已經準備好了。

盧秀燕指出，先前第一批包機的武漢台商抵台時，台中協助提供安置隔離地點，如果第二批包機台商抵台，市府態度不變，需要協助之處也會幫忙。

盧秀燕表示，因有前一次協助經驗，已建立ＳＯＰ作業，，包含環保局消毒作業、消防局出動救護車、警車協助交通引導等。但中央都是臨時通知的，前一次也是當天下午才通知，準備作業非常匆促，市府緊急總動員展開協助，忙得人仰馬翻，所幸達成使命與任務，這次寧願有備無患，備而不用。

曾梓展指出，市府尚未接獲中央通知有第二批包機返台的台商會到台中，包含場地、救護車等相關作業，台中已經準備好了。目前全國共有三十二個場地作為檢疫所，包含台北、新北、南投、苗栗、台中等，中央可能會每個地方「操兵」都運用；因此，一旦收到中央通知，市府會全力配合。

環保局長吳志超表示，市府已有一次協助經驗，不僅都掌握好了，也會全力配合。

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北 苗栗 南投

title: 第二批武漢台商台中隔離？盧秀燕：尚未接獲中央通知 - 台灣時報


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圖：數位學習中心大學課程組姜至剛與葉丙成、孔令傑聊共同推展線上課程。（台大提供）

隨著疫情延燒，各界對線上課程的需求增高，臺大發展MOOC（大規模開放線上課程，Massive Open Online Course）多年，鼓勵學生自主學習，而臺大過去對線上課程的建置，在防疫期間更顯重要性。今（10）日臺灣大學數位學習中心主辦「MOOC上完之後呢─談線上課程學分採計」直播，邀請三位人氣教授跨界對談，由毒理所暖男醫師姜至剛教授、電機系翻轉先師葉丙成教授、資管系人氣教師孔令傑副教授「尬聊」開放教育。三人肯定線上課程對「自主學習」的必要性，三人更開玩笑說若過去念臺大時有線上課程可以修，說不定能提早畢業！

自2018年起，台大於國際開放式課程網站Coursera的MOOC，部分開放臺大學生申請為正式學分採計，而上學期開放的3門線上課程共有432位學生申請，今年更增加為6門，預計將有1,000名學生申請線上學分採計。擔任臺大數位學習中心公共課程組組長的姜至剛教授表示，過去大家喜歡MOOC，是因為在家就能免費修習高品質課程，但這對學習是二面刃，因為缺乏時間約束力，MOOC的完課人數在整體註冊人數內占比低，而自去年試辦線上課程學分採計後，NTU MOOC x Coursera完課人數比例提高，關於這點，孔令傑副教授對這學期的學習成果也抱有期待。此外，MOOC在防疫間扮演重要角色，校方也提供中港澳及其他暫緩入境的同學專屬線上課程選課平台，選修NTU MOOC x Coursera上的課程。

葉丙成、孔令傑、姜至剛分別為臺大MOOC計畫前後推手，2013年葉丙成帶領臺大MOOC與國際舞台接軌，成為全球最大線上課程平台Coursera首個華語授課合作大學，電機系葉丙成教授的「頑想學概率：機率」是當年最先上架MOOC之一，當時甫開放選修人數就超過萬人。

葉丙成與孔令傑為NTU MOOC X Coursera 的重要推手。（台大提供）

而在臺大的經營之下，NTU MOOC x Coursera課程至今穩定成長至57門課。三位人氣教授表示，除了學分採計之外，開放教育的精神就是打破時地，歡迎非臺大學生和社會人士一起到MOOC上看看。

臺大108學年度第二學期共有6門線上課程受理申請為正式學分，分別為「普通物理學：電磁學、光學及近代物理」、「東亞儒家：人文精神」、「食品安全」、「唐詩新思路」、「用Python做商管程式設計」、「實驗經濟學」，臺大學生可於3月16日前上網申請，詳請請上臺大數位學習中心www.dlc.ntu.edu.tw/moocs-credit-announce/。

things: 防疫 經濟

title: 國立臺灣大學校園防疫備戰線上課程吸睛 - 台灣時報


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圖：時代力量立法院黨團提供

時代力量立法院黨團上午於黨團會議會後召開「三法開步走，實踐司法正義」記者會，推出《刑法》增訂棄保潛逃罪、《刑事陪審法》與《民法》成年年齡下修至十八歲三項草案，不僅防堵弊端，讓國人享有真正的權利。

黨團總召邱顯智指出，無論是《刑法》增訂棄保潛逃罪，或是《刑事陪審法》，均是要實踐司法國事會議的主張，維繫刑法的公平性。

邱顯智說明，時代力量版《刑事陪審法》有七大特色，一、人民參與司法，陪審團九人，有罪與否一致決；二、陪審員為非法律人之二十三歲以上國民；三、最輕本刑三年以上有期徒刑案件適用（同強制辯護）；四、是否採行陪審團審判，被告有程序選擇權；五、卷證不併送，落實起訴狀一本主義；六、金字塔型訴訟，二審為法律審，三審嚴格法律審；七、設置陪審團審判制度評估委員會。

邱顯智提到，時代力量向來主張應於《刑法》中，增訂棄保潛逃罪。常可以聽到，每當發生權貴、重大金融犯罪，好不容易法院三審定讞，執刑時人卻不見蹤影的情形，令人質疑防逃機制並未發揮作用。他直言，讓貪汙重大金融犯罪於定讞後，依然逍遙法外，這是台灣社會所不能接受。

邱顯智表示，為防堵弊端，時代力量主張增訂《刑法》一六三之一及一六三之二，被告受具保、責付、限制住居、限制出境或限制出海，經合法傳喚無正當理由不到場，經發布通緝，或逃亡或藏匿，經發布通緝，可以處五年以下有期徒刑，得併科一百萬元以下罰金。

countries: 台灣 法國

title: 時力黨團提三修法 實踐司法正義 - 台灣時報


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圖：教育部政務次長范巽綠與無界塾師生、龍埔國小師生共同參與線上教學演示。（記者張添福攝）

為防治「嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎」(COVID-19）疫情在校園擴散，教育部已公布「校園因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎疫情停課標準」，並函知各直轄市、縣(市)政府以及各國立暨私立高級中等以下學校，若發生因疫情停課，可採取到校補課或線上補課方式，讓學生停課不停學。

為協助高級中等以下學校於確保學習品質前提下，能順利採行線上補課方式，教育部已發布「線上課程教學與學習參考指引」，以協助各直轄市及縣(市)政府與所轄學校做好線上教學準備，並提前部署，統籌調度資訊設備，支經費採購行動載具與4G網卡，同時協調五大電信系統商在停課期間提供弱勢家庭免費網路門號，及其他非經濟弱勢家庭上網優惠方案；此外，透過公私協力合作，也提供實施線上課程所需資源與服務，民間廠商支援有台灣微軟Teams、思科台灣WebEx、Zoom等視訊系統及教科書出版商提供的備課軟體等，讓全國學校師生都能免費使用。

▲范巽綠次長說明教育部公私協力線上教學演示內容。

今日教育部更邀請無界塾葉丙成塾長、老師與新北市三峽區龍埔國小施信源老師及學生說明並演示「一對多雙向視訊教學」，以做為老師實施線上補課參考。

無界塾為因應防疫需求、邁向打破藩籬的未來教室，並提供沒有線上教學與學習經驗的學校行政人員、教師、家長及學生能有效使用的教學策略指引，已將各種線上教學資源及方法進行整合，錄製成一系列的影片，包含學校行政篇、教師教學篇(準備、互動和評量)及家長與學生篇，分別邀請有相關經驗的老師透過簡單的影片示範與提醒，讓大家在面對疫情時，能夠快速調整並學習運用手邊資源，創造防疫期間孩子安全又有效率的學習環境。

▲葉丙成塾長說明一對多雙向視訊教學模式。

葉丙成塾長表示，經過在二月份以三週時間每天八小時實施「一對多雙向視訊教學模式」的經驗，確實是能做到完全取代實體教室上課的效果，連體育課、藝術課都可以做到。在還未停課的這幾週是關鍵時期，如果老師能在這段時間先跟學生以無界塾老師分享的教學模式進行模擬練習，之後若萬一有停課狀況，便可馬上啟動，無縫接軌。

新北市龍埔國小施信源老師在寒假延長開學期間運用Google Meet等雲端軟體，與學生進行晨會、數學及成語燈謎活動，並透過因材網、均一教育平台等教學平臺，指導學生網路課程及進行作業討論，充分展現「停課不停學」的教學活動。另外也讓家長透過視訊同步一起參與上課、了解線上學習。運用遠距線上教學不僅為防疫提供除了補課外的新策略，更為科技融入教學與學習帶來新契機。施信源老師表示，龍埔國小在上周也完成全校教師的模擬訓練，讓老師充分了解遠距線上學習的教學過程與機制，提供不一樣的補課思維與討論。

教育部也將實施線上課程所需資源與服務公告於「教育雲-線上教學便利包(網址: https://learning.cloud.edu.tw/onlinelearning)」，歡迎全國教師和學生參考使用。

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 三峽區

title: 公私協力 線上教學演示 - 台灣時報


title: 推十八歲公民權 時力提修民法成年年齡為十八歲 - 台灣時報


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圖：單位提供

高雄市動保處表示，為因應新冠肺炎疫情，並維護人畜健康與動物福利，動保處已經規劃「公私協力」作法，並與社團法人台灣愛狗人協會組成照護隊，協助新冠肺炎確診的獨居個案照護犬貓，期望在兼顧民眾安全與動物福利的原則下，妥善照護犬、貓。

動保處已規劃新冠肺炎確診患者，飼養共居犬貓照護措施及檢驗原則，而針對獨居確診個案，動保處與社團法人台灣愛狗人協會組成照護隊，以協助獨居個案照護犬貓，社團法人高雄市獸醫師公會高振庸理事長表示，公會可提供寵物健康諮詢與相關協助，共同守護市民與毛小孩的健康。

日前香港傳出由新冠肺炎確診患者家中的寵物犬口、鼻，檢驗出新冠肺炎弱陽性反應消息，隨即引發社會大眾與犬貓飼主恐慌，行政院農委會與高雄市政府農業局、動保處共同呼籲，目前並沒有證據顯示犬、貓會感染新冠病毒，該檢驗結果應屬環境病原「汙染」，而非犬隻「感染」，請大家不要恐慌。

嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎（新冠肺炎）在世界各地肆虐，經統計全球目前有十萬多個確診案例，死亡三千八百多人，感染分布在八十九個國家、地區，台灣目前確診病例四十五人，死亡一人，顯示疫情仍非常嚴峻。

動保處長葉坤松指出，目前已規劃由衛生局通報確診個案共居犬貓，在有親友可協助照護情形下，由動保處提供相關防疫衛教訊息，而確診個案若為獨居者，將由動保處籌組照護隊，每日會同警察或里長共同前往患者住居協助照護。若犬、貓有發燒或相關臨床症狀，可先與平時就診獸醫師以視訊或通訊軟體進行諮詢與指示犬、貓後續照護事宜，必要時由動保處協助採樣送農委會家畜衛生試驗所檢驗。

countries: 台灣 香港

events: 新冠肺炎 死亡 新冠病毒

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 高雄市

title: 高雄動保處規劃「公私協力」  協助新冠肺炎確診獨居個案照護犬貓 - 台灣時報


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更新时间：2020年03月10日 12:36

视频简介：本期节目主要内容：
 悬浮背包采用受迫振动原理，内置一个柔性连接装置，设计了含有谐振和阻尼模块调节的运动背负系统，通过选择柔软的弹簧，可以减小悬浮背包的固有频率。长时间的行进，它可以减少我们体能的损耗，减轻身体的负重。（《时尚科技秀》 20200310）

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更新时间：2020年03月09日 20:24

视频简介：本期节目主要内容：疫情当前，大家不聚集，尽量居家工作和生活，每到周末习惯了在外好友相聚，举杯换盏的人们发明了一种新的喝酒酒局——“云喝酒”。打开社交视频软件，三五好友在各自的屏幕前举杯畅饮，有的人甚至拿出了自己珍藏多年的老酒细细品味。俗话说，姜是老的辣，酒是陈的香。经过岁月的打磨和时间的沉淀，老酒喝起来更是味道醇厚，回味悠长。（《消费主张》 20200309 收藏市场调查：酒是陈的香）

title: 《消费主张》 20200309 收藏市场调查：酒是陈的香_CCTV节目官网-CCTV-2_央视网(cctv.com)


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更新时间：2020年03月09日 22:00

视频简介：本期节目主要内容： 因为一个创业梦想，他要把刚买一年多的房子卖了，他要用一个当地人听都没听说过的方法养猪创业。看山东省郓城县的渠述欣如何用跟别人不一样的方式养猪，年销售额达到1500多万元，并带动当地250多户村民一起致富。（《致富经》 20200309 快乐养猪 年入千万）

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央视网消息：据韩联社9日报道，世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞当地时间8日在社交媒体上发文称，韩国抗击新型冠状病毒疫情取得进展，并对韩方承诺将捐300万美元助力全球抗击疫情表示感谢。

韩国外长康京和8日晚与谭德塞通电话，介绍韩方为抗击疫情所付出的努力，并表示韩方有意为国际卫生合作捐赠300万美元。谭德塞高度评价韩国政府的防疫措施，并对韩方为国际防疫合作做出的贡献表示谢意。（总台记者 金锦哲）

journalist: 戴萌萌

title: 世卫组织总干事：韩国抗击新冠疫情取得进展


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近日，我国自主研制生产的支线客机ARJ21的132架机在浦东机场完成了首次生产试飞。生产试飞当天，经过3小时50分钟的飞行，ARJ21飞机的132架机平稳降落在上海浦东机场。此次试飞任务的圆满完成，标志着ARJ21飞机第二条生产线从部装到总装再到生产试飞的各环节已经完全打通。

△ARJ21飞机试飞

ARJ21飞机是我国自主研制生产的支线客机，此次完成生产试飞的浦东生产线自去年开始逐步投入使用，截至目前ARJ21飞机已经有两条生产线同时开工，每条生产线的总装厂房可以同时满足6架飞机的总装工作，生产进一步提速。

△ ARJ21飞机降落在浦东机场

△ ARJ21飞机浦东生产线

△ARJ21飞机大厂生产线

（总台央视记者 徐静 中国商飞 王思磊 管超）

journalist: 田宏

title: 国产ARJ21支线客机完成第二条生产线首次生产试飞


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受新冠肺炎疫情、经济下行压力和毕业生规模进一步扩大等多重因素影响，今年高校毕业生传统春招受到明显冲击。为促进高校毕业生就业，教育部推出一系列政策措施，多措并举拓宽就业渠道，积极开展精准指导服务，加大政策倾斜力度，最大限度增加就业机会。

2月28日起，由教育部大学生就业网（新职业网）联合前程无忧、智联招聘、BOSS直聘、中华英才网、猎聘网五家社会招聘网站举办的“2020届高校毕业生全国联合网络招聘——24356校园招聘服务”活动正式推出。此次网络招聘抓紧关键环节，做好招应聘双方信息对称，将岗位信息输送至每位高校毕业生。

全国高等学校学生信息咨询与就业指导中心相关信息显示，该活动启动一周以来，各网站积极配合、调动各自资源，为高校毕业生推出优选招聘信息，已累计发布200多万个校园招聘岗位信息。BOSS直聘专门成立多部门联合的专项工作组，发挥移动端优势，招应聘双方直接互动，采用学生喜欢的方式进行推介，推出的岗位数最多，学生参与人数也最多。猎聘网聚合现有全部校招信息投入活动中，加强活动运营、做好活动宣传，积极筹备新增多项功能的二期活动专题。目前，毕业生在6个网站注册人数增加25万，投递简历增加53万人次。

近日，教育部高校学生司、全国高等学校学生信息咨询与就业指导中心将以一封信的形式，鼓励引导广大高校毕业生积极参加“24365校园招聘服务”活动，积极主动求职，尽早实现就业。

据悉，根据教育部统一部署，各省市高校毕业生就业部门和高校积极推进网上招聘、网上咨询、网上签约等一系列就业服务，3月份计划举办各类网上招聘活动2万余场。

journalist: 黄佐春

title: 多措并举加大高校毕业生就业工作力度 24365校园招聘推出200多万岗位


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中新网3月9日电 武汉天河机场官方微博8日晚间刊发消息，就网上流传该司做好复工复航准备工作一事做出说明：此次通知部分管理人员返岗属内部正常工作安排。提前为复航做好人员培训等准备工作属必要的正常安排，不表明已正式确定具体复航时间。该司将严格按照国家统一部署和省市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部的决定执行。

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今天，我司一则关于做好复工复航准备工作的通知在网上流传，引发部分网友关注。为消除公众误解，现就有关问题澄清说明如下：

1.我司所辖武汉天河机场及省内支线机场严格执行湖北省及武汉市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部部署，于1月23日起相继关闭离汉离鄂通道，暂停了商业客运航班运行。在此期间，我司为保障全省疫情防控航空运输任务，持续保持了正常工作状态。此次通知部分管理人员返岗，属我司内部正常工作安排。

2.武汉天河机场是国内大型繁忙机场。机场由暂停商业客运到恢复常态化航班运行，各项准备工作十分繁重，我司根据工作需要，提前为复航做好人员培训、设备检修、安全检查等准备工作，属必要的正常安排，不表明已正式确定了具体复航时间。武汉天河机场及省内支线机场何时复航，我司将严格按照国家统一部署和省市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部的决定执行。

我们相信，在大家共同努力下，疫情终将过去，机场复航可期。我们期待：您成为我们尊贵的客人，从天河再出发、再起飞！再次衷心感谢广大网友对湖北机场集团的关心、支持和厚爱！

journalist: 孙洁

title: 武汉机场确定复航时间？官方：严格按指挥部决定执行


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新华社南宁3月10日电 复工了，但我有点担心；天天在一线，工作压力好大；我今天摘了一下口罩，会不会被传染……面对疫情，不少人会产生抑郁、焦虑情绪。我们该怎么应对呢？记者就此采访了一些在疫情期间提供心理咨询志愿服务的专家。

复工复产，心理建设不能落

终于可以上班了，但又害怕人太多会感染病毒——一些复工者存在这种担忧，有的甚至产生极度焦虑的情绪。

心理咨询师吕小天表示，复工后担心被感染是安全防护意识的体现，但过度焦虑则会产生负面效应。她表示，对于这类人员，首先应该引导他们看到当前疫情向好的形势和政府采取的有力举措，各地企业也都根据要求制定了严格的复工制度和防疫流程。

“要把担心化为具体行动。”吕小天说，外出做好个人防护，上班严格按照防疫要求规范工作，同时放松心态，规律作息，适量运动，提升免疫力，构建良好人际关系。与此同时，相关部门和企业也应有针对性地开展相关心理辅导。

针对一些人存在的“过度恐疫症”，心理咨询师何夏燕表示，新冠肺炎初期症状和一些流感等症状确实相像，有人对此非常担心，同时又过度关注各种疫情信息，加剧紧张情绪，产生“疑病”心理现象。

她表示，要积极引导大家开展科学防疫、合理防疫。开窗通风、锻炼身体很重要，运动还能分散注意力。另外，一些人过度关注各类疫情信息，容易对号入座增加紧张情绪，建议通过权威途径了解疫情信息和防治方式，不要听信小道消息。

允许自己的“无能为力”

医务人员等“逆行者”舍小家为大家，是人们心目中的英雄，但他们也会有普通人一样的害怕、焦虑等情绪，加之工作压力大，心理建设更加重要。

“只有先照顾好自己，才能帮助家人和受疫情影响的人们。”心理咨询师蓝斌说，一线工作人员最重要的就是做好防护、调整状态，当自己无法承受压力时，应及时向上级反映，允许自己的“无能为力”。

他建议，向亲友倾诉、听音乐甚至不妨哭一哭都是放松的小窍门。工作之余可以进行深呼吸、想象放松、肌肉渐进式放松等训练，适量的运动也会让紧绷的神经和身体得到舒缓，进而改善情绪。

罕见疫情给人们的生活带来了前所未有的变化，一些长期“宅”在家里的人也容易出现焦虑情绪，进而出现家庭关系紧张等问题。

心理咨询师杨东娟介绍，当感觉到自己有不好的情绪后，先问问自己，让自己不舒服的是情绪本身还是带来情绪的事物，找个空间独处，深呼吸放松、听音乐放松或是看一些有趣的视频等，让自己内心平静下来再去处理事情。要注意避免消极应对，不要过量饮酒、吸烟、服用药物，也不要过度工作和过多睡眠。

积极行动起来就是成长

不想开学曾是不少学生的“梦想”，但当它真的成为现实之后，可能并不如想象中那么美妙。无法外出的苦闷、对于学业的担忧等都会困扰大中小学生特别是即将毕业的学生。

从事英语培训的郑妍最近给20多个家庭的父母和孩子做了电话访谈，发现这些“宅”在家里的中小学生不同程度地出现过烦闷、焦虑等情绪，中考生、高考生学习压力最大。

郑妍建议学生们把延长的假期作为开学准备期，严格遵循上学期间的作息，制定学习计划和锻炼计划，保证良好的身体和学习状态。除了学习课本知识，也要积极学习疫情防控方面的知识。如果长时间自学感到孤独烦闷，可以和好朋友通过电脑或手机视频聊聊天。当然，要严格控制用手机的时间。

受疫情影响，一些即将毕业的大学生对毕业论文和就业形势产生了担忧。心理咨询师吴中任认为，担心毕业和工作问题，这是一种自我负责的表现，如果过度焦虑则要采取一些应对措施。

他介绍，首先要看到积极的因素，为帮助毕业生就业，国家已经出台了很多政策，包括推出全天候网上校园招聘服务，对离校未就业的毕业生开展实名服务等。晚上辗转难眠时，可以做些呼吸训练，尽量分散注意力，想一些美好的事情。同时也要有针对性地做好毕业论文准备，积极行动起来，就不会那么忧虑了。

国家二级心理咨询师刘晓颖说，面对疫情，年轻人应该树立成长性思维，学会在困境中调整心态、更好地规划自己的学业和生活，真正成长起来。

journalist: 林楠

title: “疫”郁了？听听心理专家怎么说


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中新网客户端北京3月10日电(邢蕊)2020年的寒假，注定将成为一个不平凡的假期。受到新冠肺炎疫情影响，全国学校春季学期延期开学。在“停课不停学”的大背景下，各科老师纷纷化身“网络主播”。其中，一直“被主课老师帮忙上课”的体育老师们，终于在网络直播大军中有了一席之地。

2018年全国教育事业统计显示，中国共有各级各类学校51.88万所，仅中小学体育教师就达55万人。日前，有关“体育老师上网课”的话题在互联网上引起了广泛讨论，体育老师们为了提高教学质量以及学生们的学习兴趣，可谓“八仙过海，各显神通”。

有的老师为了能够让同学们更加直观地看到整体动作，特地空出一个大教室，然后示范慢跑、抬腿等动作。偌大的教室里只有自己一个人，老师的“孤独”通过网络让网友直呼“心疼”。

杭州一中学还特别推出了一套网络体育课程，因其内容丰富多彩，趣味性强，这套课程立刻冲出浙江，火遍全国。

特殊时期，这所学校的体育老师们“没有条件，创造条件也要上”。拉上亲戚当陪练，拖鞋打冰球，原地耐力跑，还有拿纸板练习跳高……真是脑洞有多大，课堂就有多大。

江西丰城的一位体育老师为了在直播中带着学生一起运动，在自家阳台利用大米、大瓶矿泉水和枕头作为健身器材，在线给同学们示范标准动作。这位老师表示：“网络直播一方面是强身健体，增强抵抗力，另一方面可以让同学们出出汗，释放一些压抑情绪。”

这一堂课下来，学生有没有跟着认真运动不知道，但老师倒是累的气喘吁吁，难怪有网友感叹：“体育老师可能是直播圈最累的主播。”

一堂成功的体育课，除了老师的尽心尽力，当然也离不开学生们的配合。有的老师会选择留课后作业，学生完成并且录制视频上传；而有的老师选择在线监督，这也让原本在家葛优躺的同学们不得不换掉睡衣，精心梳洗一番，再套上闲置已久的运动鞋，以避免让老师同学看到日常的邋遢模样。然而一打开视频，体育老师看到的则是“群娃乱舞”……

实时监测学生锻炼情况当然是好事，但是在家上体育课的孩子似乎给楼下邻居也带来了一些困扰。互联网上不少网友抱怨：“楼上小孩上体育课，蹦蹦跳跳，太扰民。”

有人说，线上体育课是“一个人的孤独，一群人的狂欢”。在学生眼里，老师是一个人自教自学，而在老师看来，隔着网线，他们也无法保证上课的真实效果。

疫情之下，原本最需要线下教学的科目突然被挪到了线上，师生之间得不到及时的反馈和互动，由此引起的各种问题也相继暴露出来。但是在“网课”这场战斗中，很多老师们都顽强地奋斗着。

年轻的女老师可能会为了直播课早早起床，洗头化妆；年长的老师可能会为了一个在线签到而研究一天；体育老师为了呈现完整的动作，可能线下录制好几遍……而面对着冰冷的电脑屏幕，原本面对面一两句话能讲清楚的问题，可能会花费更多的时间，再加上批改作业和答疑时间，老师们几乎成为了24小时的在线客服。

“逼疯”只是一句调侃，在这颇有自黑风格的表述背后，是一位又一位绞尽脑汁、挖空心思，也要传道授业的教育者们。在这个特殊时期，无论老师也好，还是孩子、家长也罢，每个人都在尽力守护着“知识”二字，这些平凡又搞笑的小事叠加起来，给了我们战胜疫情的决心和信心——

相信不久的将来，孩子们就能摘下口罩，走向室外，享受运动的乐趣。

title: 直播圈最累主播？ 50多万体育老师已被网课“逼疯”


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【大紀元2020年03月10日訊】中國國民黨新任黨主席江啟臣3月9日就任新職，他在就職演說中也沒有提到「九二共識」。分析人士說，江啟臣要專注於如何使國民黨吸引更多年輕人，無需在意北京的反應。

據美國之音報導，在江啟臣就任國民黨新主席後，美國在台協會星期一發出聲明表示祝賀。聲明說，「國民黨有支持更緊密美台關係的長期傳統，我們期盼在江主席領導下共同追求那個目標，共同推動彼此共有的許多價值與利益。」

現任立委江啟臣擊敗郝龍斌當選國民黨主席，這被普遍解讀為有世代交替的意義。不過習近平未如15年來國共兩黨之間的慣例一樣對國民黨新任主席發出賀電，引發外界一些揣測。

有分析人士說，江啟臣無需在意中共的反應，也不必顧慮國民黨老一輩保守派的製肘，因為台灣選民在最近的選舉中已經做出選擇，國民黨除了要吸引更多年輕人的支持外，其領導人還應該思索如何讓國民黨得到更多台灣人民的信任。

美國聖母大學劉氏亞洲與亞洲事務研究所學者肖恩·金(Sean King)說，江啟臣不需要擔憂國民黨的「保守派」，因為他現在已經是主席，「他有控制權，在這次選舉中因選民的支持而得到鼓勵。」

目前是紐約政治諮詢機構帕克策略公司副總裁長的肖恩·金說，江啟臣「不應該在意北京的想法，反而應專注於台灣選民的關切」，他也確信江啟臣將會這麼做，因為如果國民黨要改革，江啟臣「不僅需要去吸引年輕世代，也需要去吸引整體台灣人。他們不再接受一個中國（中共）的想法。」

至於美國如何看待江啟臣的勝選，長期觀察台灣政治情勢的肖恩·金說，「美國讚揚台灣的民主，而那也是北京所懼怕的。」他可以想見美國會「樂於看到台灣有兩個健全的政黨，這有助於維護並深化台灣強勁的民主。」他說，「國民黨本土化的增強雖然會使得民進黨的政治生活更困難，不過長期而言，它對台灣是一件好事。」

前美國國務院台灣協調處處長葛天豪(David Keegan)上星期在華盛頓一場美中關係座談會上提到他對國民黨的未來的看法。

一月中曾到台灣觀察總統選舉的葛天豪說，經過兩次總統選舉的失敗，國民黨看來似乎已「完全分崩離析」，也被自己人批評為「忽視年輕一代的想法」。

他說，國民黨自己也承認必須改革，但它能否採取被許多人認為是必要的作為，包括建立一套非中央集權的黨務結構、讓年輕一代進入領導層，或是找出一套能讓台灣人接受的兩岸論述，這些發展都還有待觀察，但外界可能要耐心等待，因為它將需要一段很長的時間。

葛天豪表示，不過無論對哪一個政黨來說，上個月的選舉對他們的意義都一樣，那就是選舉結果確認了一個20年來越來越清楚的趨勢：「台灣視它是一個華人的地方，但它不是中國，尤其不是那個越來越專制、侵入性的中國大陸政府。台灣人民視自己為台灣人，不是中國人。他們想要生活在一個能夠反映台灣現狀的地方和制度下。」

新任的國民黨主席江啟臣星期一在其就職演說中表示，兩次中央大選的敗選「確實凸顯出本黨在許多方面落後於時代，亟需透過改革創新迎頭趕上，」他將以世代合作、內造化及數位化3個方向進行黨務改革。

對於眾所關注的兩岸政策，江啟臣說，他的基本原則是「堅守中華民國自由民主的制度價值」並力求兩岸和平與共同福祉，但他通篇演說都沒有提到「九二共識」，而是承認「兩岸曾有的互信基礎確實遭遇重大挑戰」需要重建。

他說，國民黨此刻最重要的是自身的改革再造，「畢竟得先重新贏得台灣社會的信任，才能有意義地去談如何拉近兩岸共識。」

責任編輯：鍾元

countries: 中華民國 台灣 美國

events: 選舉 敗選

people: 江啟臣 郝龍斌 習近平

title: 美專家：江啟臣上任需重民意 不需在意北京