Hong Kong Time - The Advantage of This World's Financial Center
Hong Kong Time on the Clock Tower in the above picture is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. It is close to the Hong Kong Space Museum. It was moved from the Hung Hom Train Station If you look closely, there are numbers on the bricks. The construction workers wanted to make sure that the tower was built as the original one. Many economists and investors say that Hong Kong's time zone has many advantages. One of them is that when the US markets are closed, it's almost time for the Hong Kong market to open. Both Hong Kong and China are in the same time zone. Here are some of the comparisons of the time differences of some major countries to Hong Kong's time: USA, East Coast + 12 hours (Daylight Savings Time) Or + 13 hours (Eastern Standard Time) = Hong Kong's Time USA, West Coast + 15 hours (Daylight Savings Time) Or + 16 hours (Eastern Standard Time) = Hong Kong's Time United Kingdom, London + 7 hours Australia, Sydney (- 4) hours Unlike the US, Hong Kong does not have Daylight Savings Time schedule. It used to in the past. I still remember it when I was in kindergarten. According to my mom, there were many people that forgot to change their clocks and it caused many problems. So, the government stopped doing it.
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