Nov 5--PRNewswire/AsiaNetTERRORISTS BLAMED... HONG KONG:International property consultancy, Vigers,today released its latest research report on the third quarter of 2001. CEO Gareth Williams said:"The terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11 have highlighted the economic slowdown in the USA and have had an abrupt knock-on effect on the property market in Hong Kong." He said the confidence factor in Hong Kong resembled the Asian financial crisis with businesses reluctant to expand or invest and people "not prepared to buy property with the burden of carrying a long term mortgage in times of uncertainty."CANCER CENTRE... HONG KONG: A weekend press release said AmMed International would hold "a grand opening ceremony to launch its first comprehensive cancer centre in Asia" - AmMed Cancer Centre at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital - at noon today ( November 5). The ceremony and tour of the facility would be presided over by Dr. E.K. Yeoh, Secretary of Health and Welfare Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. CLINICAL TRIAL... MASSACHUSETTS: Millennium Pharmaceuticals has announced findings of a phase I clinical trial of its investigational drug, LDP-341 (formerly known as PS-341) in patients with multiple myeloma. The company said the study results, announced at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Florida, "exhibited anti-tumor activity with manageable side effects."PLATFORMS SUPPORT... HONG KONG: Enterprise management provider, BMC Software, has announced solutions for Linux and desktop management that Assure Business Availability(R) for customers with diverse IT environments. The company release said: "By expanding its enterprise management capabilities for Linux and the desktop, BMC Software continues to offer the industry's broadest and deepest support for all platforms." PERFORMANCE AWARD... CALIFORNIA: A Seagate press statement said the company had received this year's Supplier Performance Award from Sun Microsystems for its role as supplier of data storage technology. The company said it was the ninth year it had "earned the award for storage excellence."JAPANESE FILM... HONOLULU: A Global Management Group weekend release said a one-hour documentary "on the most controversial religious movement in Japan, the Soka Gakkai, has been selected for screening at the Hawaii International Film Festival to be held from November 2-11." ARTS SEMINAR... TAPLOW: A Soka Gakkai weekend release said the second Power of the Arts seminar, "bringing together leading artists and scientists who investigate the potential of the arts in healing, communication and emotional well-being, was held from October 26 to 28." (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.aap.com.au for full-text versions)