The Virginian Pilot, November 7th, 2002
Byline: MICHELLE MIZAL-ARCHER STAFF WRITER
A local Vietnamese immigrant who worships the Buddhist goddess Thien Hau may soon honor a pledge he made 10 years ago to build a shrine in her honor.
Van Giang, owner of Fortune Oriental Supermarket Jewelry & Gifts in the Timberlake Shopping Center, is asking City Council's permission to erect a 5,000-square-foot shrine, complete with imperial palace-style roofs and columns on Princess Anne Road, next to the Our Lady of Perpetual Help nursing home and Catholic High School.
While it would be a house of worship, the building would not host services...
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