Woodland Crest (Chinese:奕翠園) is aprivate housing estate inSheung Shui,New Territories,Hong Kong. It was developed bySun Hung Kai Properties, and is managed byHong Yip Service Co. Ltd. It has a total of 548apartments, and was completed in May 1996. Sun Hung Kai initiated the development of smart cards in the residential complex early in 1996, the first of its kind.[1]
Woodland Crest is located at 33 Tin Ping Road, Sheung Shui, New Territories. To its south liesTin Ping Estate, apublic housing estate, and to its west is Tsui Lai Garden. TheNg Tung River is a major feature that borders Woodland Crest.
Woodland Crest has 8 blocks of 9 floors, excluding the car park area that occupies the basement area. Blocks 1-3 and 5 connected as the northern complex and Blocks 6-9 as the southern complex. There is no fourth block or fourth floor, because the number four is considered unlucky by the Chinese.
The estate has two tennis courts, two playgrounds, abarbecue area and a club house. The full list of facilities can be found here, in Chinese.[2]
The Sheung Shui Public Leisure Pool and North District Sports Ground are a short distance away, and the complex of shopping centres includingLandmark North, Sheung Shui Centre, and Metropolis Plaza are nearby and are linked to theSheung Shui MTR station.
Woodland Crest won the Merit of Quality in the"2006 Green Building Award"[3] and the Gold Award for the "Best Landscape Award for Private Property Development" in the High-density Residential Property – Greening Effect category in 2004,[4] which was introduced by theLCSD in the same year.
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