Taipei LDS temple

It is surrounded by imposing structures—a seven-story building housing LDS Church offices, a national university building, an office building belonging to another church, and a university building operated by still another faith. And yet the new temple on Ai kuo East Road in Taipei stands out. Many of the thousands who toured it before its dedication expressed the opinion that it was the most beautiful building they had ever seen. Some who lingered inside after touring it savored the spirit they felt there. But for Latter-day Saints who toured the building or attended the dedication of the Taipei Taiwan Temple November 17 and 18, it was more than a beautiful structure. It was a gateway that had never been open to many of them before. President Gordon B. Hinckley, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, acknowledged the opening of that gateway in the dedicatory prayer he pronounced on the temple.