After the establishment of the Hong Kong Island Stake and Hong Kong Kowloon Stake in May 1980, the Hong Kong Mission steadily continued the missionary work, and the number of converts increased to strengthen the church.Elder Gordon B. Hinckley and other General Authorities visited Hong Kong regularly to give encouragement and guidance to members here. The territory of Zion thus continued to expand. When the new mission president, President Brent Armstrong came to Hong Kong to take over the work of President Gary P. Mitchell in July 1983, the number of members here had reached 12,000.

In November 1984, Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came to Hong Kong to preside over a regional conference. At the conference, he announced the reorganization of the two stakes in Hong Kong. Four new stakes, namely the Hong Kong Island Stake, the Hong Kong Kowloon Stake, the Hong Kong North Kowloon Stake, and the Hong Kong New Territories Stake were to be formed in place of the original two. Elder Maxwell then nominated Patrick Yuen Kowk-ki as the president of the Hong Kong Island Stake with Yeung Wai-Chau and Lai Wing-Sum as the first and second counselors. Hung Yin-Fai as the president of the Hong Kong Kowloon Stake with Shum Wong-Hong and Tong Wong Tung-Sang as the first and second counselors. Yau Fu-Man as the President of the Hong Kong North Kowloon Stake with Ling Kuen and Lo Ka-Hung as the first and second counselors, and Ma Chuen-Sing as the President of the Hong Kong New Territories Stake with Lau Hin-Fun and Au Kwok-Chiu as the first and second counselors.All nominations were sustained by the members. By this time, the number of members had increased to 13,000.

As the Church continued to develop and the faith of the members continued to be strengthened, members continued to participate in the summer missionary and short-term missionary programmes and the number of members serving full-time missions also increased by the year. By 1986, there were 70 local full-time missionaries and the number of church members exceeded 14,000. After finishing his mission here, President Brent Armstrong was succeeded by President Charles Goo as the new mission president of Hong Kong.

The construction of the Tai Po Chapel at 18 Wan Tau Kok Lane was completed towards the end of 1986 and its operation began in the spring of 1987. The dedicatory ceremony was performed by President Yau Fu-Man of the North Kowloon Stake on 24 May 1987. To set up the work of spreading the gospel, the Hong Kong Mission handed out free Book of Mormon to investigators during April and May. In just a month, 3,500 books were handed out. In that year, 85 local brothers and sisters joined the great army of missionaries, making up to 50% of the total number of missionaries in Hong Kong. Their work enabled God’s work to progress at an even higher speed.In 1989, the number of members exceeded 17,000. Having completed his mission here in Hong Kong, Charles Goo returned to his home country and the new mission president was Brother Tai Kwok-Yuen, the second Chinese member called to this position. Previous to this calling, President Tai had served many years in the Chung in Hong Kong and he never lagged behind others in his services and dedication to the Lord’s work. In those years, there were also many other good brothers such as Wong Chi-Chiu, Wong King-Tong, Wong Oi-Wo, Wan Leung, Liu Ngo-Sang, Yip Wing-Sang, Tai Chun-Choi, Ning-Ching and Kwong Siu-Sing, too many to be all listed here and they were all pioneers of the Church in Hong Kong.

President Tai Kwok-Yuen’s term as the mission president ended in July 1972 and his position was taken over by President David Lowe. As soon as he was released from being a mission president, President Tai was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy and continued his service in the Asia Area. At this time, the number of members had reached 18,900. To push the development of the Chung in Hong Kong further ahead, the First Presidency decided to build a temple in Hong Kong so that God’s work could have a more comprehensive development here. Having searched for the site for some time, President Gordon B. Hinckley finally decided to build the temple on the grounds of the Mission Office at 2 Cornwall Street.President John K. Carmack of the Asia Area performed the groundbreaking ceremony on 22 January 1994 and the construction of the temple was commissioned to Liang Peddle Thorp Architects and Planners Limited.

At that point, the number of members was over 20,000. At the special conference held in March 1994, President John K. Carmack announced the reorganization of the stakes. The four were to be reorganized into five, namely the Hong Kong Island Stake, the Hong Kong East Kowloon Stake, the Hong Kong West Kowloon Stake, the Hong Kong New Territories Stake and the Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Stake. The candidates for the stake presidencies were nominated and subsequently sustained by the members. They included Tse Wai-Man as the president of the Hong Kong Island Stake with Cheung Pak-Hung and Chun Kam-To as the first and second counselors. Shum Wing-Hong as the president of the Hong Kong East Kowloon Stake with Lo Suet-Keung and Tong Wong Tung-Sang as the first and second counselor. Poon Yin-Sang as the president of the Hong Kong West Kowloon Stake with Lee Kwok-Wing and Cheung Chai-Yat as the first and second counselors. Chow Fok-Chuen as the president of the Hong Kong New Territories Stake with Yip Kwon-Wing and Kwok Kam-Tim as the first and second counselors, and lastly Chan Yu-Sang as the president of the Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Stake with Ling Kuen and Wong Chi-Hong as the first and second counselors.

President David Lowe finished his term and returned to America in July 1995 and the new mission president was John Aki.President Aki had served a mission in Hong Kong between 1964 and 1966 and that had left him with a deep impression about this place. To him, everything was very familiar. On 15 August of the same year, President John K. Carmack finished his term of office and returned home. He was succeeded by President Tai Kwok-Yuen as the president of the Asia Area. President Tai continued his service to the Lord and the Church in the Asia Area turned over another page.

Since its establishment in Hong Kong, the Church has always been keen on organizing cultural activities. Other than the regular activities such as music and dance festivals, cultural and art nights, talent shows, and the Gold and Green Ball, the Church had also kept close ties with the local communities and participates in many community activities and services. In 1978, and exhibition on the family was held in 17 chapels throughout Hong Kong and Kowloon to help the community to better understand the importance of the family. In 1991, a programme name as “Stability amidst the Turbulence” was staged in the Kwun Tong Chapel which aimed at helping people to understand that only by living the gospel could one find real peace in his heart.In 1992, a programme called “Love One Another” was staged in the Stake Centre of the Hong Kong Island Stake. An exhibition named as “The Gospel and the Happy Family” was staged in the New City Plaza in Sha Tin, New Terrirories to tell the people the great love of our Savior Jesus Christ. The genealogical exhibition in the Tsuen Wan Town Hall was the first of such kind held in Hong Kong. In the exhibition, a computer was used to help people trace their lineage and ancestors. It attracted many visitors and won much appreciation. Other community activities such as blood donation, helping the refugees, visiting the nursing home for the elderly, free English lessons taught by the missionaries, cleaning the community are regularly held. The Church choirs also perform at various shopping malls throughout the territory at Christmas time to entertain the people in this joyous season.