Hong Kong operates on Hong Kong Time (HKT), which is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+8). As a Special Administrative Region of China, Hong Kong maintains its own timezone identifier but follows the same UTC offset as mainland China.
Hong Kong does not observe daylight saving time, having discontinued the practice in 1979. The entire territory, including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, follows the same time.
Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers of any city in the world, with over 480 buildings above 150 meters. It's one of the world's leading financial centers and has the world's busiest cargo port by air. Hong Kong observed daylight saving time from 1941-1979 but stopped due to energy crisis considerations and its subtropical latitude making DST less beneficial.