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The Hong Kong China Temple was built in 1996 and is located at 2 Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong. When it was completed it served also as a meetinghouse for a local congregation. The offices of the China Hong Kong Mission were also located in the building, as were living quarters for the temple president, mission president, and others. In 2005 ...
The groundwork for the Hong Kong China Temple was laid decades before its construction. In 1853, the LDS Church sent its first missionaries to Hong Kong—Hosea Stout, James Lewis, and Chapman Duncan. However, internal turmoil in China made their efforts challenging, causing them to return home after only a few weeks.
The Hong Kong China Temple (48) was built on the site of an existing mission home and meetinghouse. Because of the cramped situation of Hong Kong, the temple had to be built up instead of spreading out, a situation which contributed to the temple's unique design. The six-story building is designed to house not only the temple, but also a chapel ...
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, China 3 October 1992 by Ezra Taft Benson 22 January 1994 by John K. Carmack 26 May 1996 by Gordon B. Hinckley 19 June 2022 by Gerrit W. Gong 51,921 sq ft (4,823.6 m 2) on a 0.31-acre (0.13 ha) site Hong Kong colonial, single-spire design - designed by Liang Peddle Thorpe Architects
Ahead of the Lunar New Year, fortune-tellers have been busy preparing their predictions. The South China Morning Post spoke with Master Joseph, who is based at Hong Kong’s Temple Street in ...
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating, 9 undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 4 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2] and 110 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
Provo Utah Temple: Closed for renovation 128,325 sq ft (11,922 m 2) 17 acres (68,797 m 2) February 9, 1972 Joseph Fielding Smith: edit: 34 Stockholm Sweden Temple: Closed for renovation 31,000 sq ft (2,880 m 2) 4.47 acres (18,089 m 2) 2–4 July 1985 Gordon B. Hinckley: edit: 45 San Diego California Temple: Closed for renovation 72,000 sq ft ...
The Manhattan New York Temple is the 119th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the church's second "high rise" temple to be constructed, after the Hong Kong China Temple, and the third converted from an existing building, after the Vernal Utah and Copenhagen Denmark temples.