The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, December 2, 1994               TAG: 9412010262
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS      PAGE: 04   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

OPENING A MARKET - CHINESE STYLE

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by MARK MITCHELL

Chinese dragon dancers helped celebrate the opening of the China

Market in Portsmouth. The market will promote the import and export

of goods. More than $6 millon has been invested in the venture,

housed in the converted Robert Hall building on Airline Boulevard.

by CNB