
The Airport Authority will take over the 11 Skies commercial project next April and reposition it as a high-end tourism landmark requiring minimal public investment, according to the transport chief, who welcomed efforts to resolve the matter.
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The Airport Authority is set to take over the 11 Skies commercial project next April, with plans to reposition it as a high-end tourism landmark requiring minimal public investment.
The Airport Authority will reposition the 11 Skies commercial project after taking it over next April, with the government expecting it to become a high-end tourism landmark with minimal public investment, the transport chief has said.
“From the government perspective, we are pleased and welcome to see both sides trying to resolve this matter as far as practicable,” she told a radio programme.
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The 11 Skies project will be repositioned as a high-end tourism landmark after the Airport Authority takes over next April.
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China expanded the resource base of the Jiada Lithium Mine in Sichuan province by about 70 per cent, bringing total resources to 2.53 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent, according to state media and developer filings.

TSMC will announce its third-quarter financial results and hold a press conference on October 15, and its operating outlook has attracted much attention. Foreign media call it the "AI gatekeeper." Since this year, ADR's stock price has risen by more than 50%, and Taiwan's stock price has increased by more than 60%. 95% of analysts on Wall Street have given it a buy rating, with an average target price of US$535, which still leaves about 13% room for growth from the current closing price. The report pointed out that TSMC has a dominant position in the field of advanced AI semiconductor manufacturing. Its main customers include technology giants such as Huida, Apple, Broadcom, AMD and Amazon. Among them, Huida may contribute approximately US$33 billion in revenue to TSMC in 2026. Revenue in the latest quarter increased by 34% year-on-year, EPS increased by 77%, and advanced processes accounted for 77% of revenue. The company estimates that revenue in the third quarter will be approximately US$45 billion, an increase of 12% from the second quarter.

Taipower plans to issue 150 billion yuan in corporate bonds this year. As of October, it has issued 63.6 billion yuan, with interest expenses approaching 30 billion yuan. The scale of CNPC's bond issuance has been reduced to 32.2 billion yuan due to the government's coordination of public equity banks to provide 300 billion yuan in project financing, but interest expenses still amount to 13 billion yuan. The two companies' long-term and short-term borrowings total more than 1.7 trillion yuan, and their credit ratings rely on government guarantees. If they are downgraded, it will increase the cost of international gas purchase guarantees and weaken their negotiating power.

The Huwei Town Farmers Association cooperated with Pili Puppet Show to replace the six flavors of Tiger King seasoned peanuts with six popular character packaging, including Su Huan Zhen and Yi Yi Shu, aiming to combine the local culture to increase the added value of domestic peanuts and expand the market. The press conference was hosted by farmers' association cadres and attended by legislator Zhang Jiajun and Yunlin Deputy County Magistrate Chen Bijun.

Statistics from the Civil Aviation Administration of China show that the average passenger load factor for routes from Kaohsiung to Japan during the summer vacation in August this year was less than 80%. The passenger load factor for Kumamoto was only 72.2% due to the earthquake on July 28. The popular Hokkaido route was only 63.5% due to the passenger load factor of Thai Lion Air, which lowered the overall average. Although Tiger Airways flew to Hokkaido with a load factor of 96.4%, it could not make up for the impact of Thai Lion Air's low passenger load factor.

TSMC is evaluating cooperation with Musk's Terafab to assist it in building a wafer fab in Grimes County, Texas, and may regard Terafab as a major customer of the new Texas plant. This news comes as TSMC plans to build a second large-scale production base in the United States, but the two parties have not yet signed an agreement. The Terafab project is jointly participated by Tesla, SpaceX and xAI and is expected to provide 1 terawatt of AI computing power, but it has not yet been officially put into production.