Rambler Crest, Swimming Pool (Hong Kong)

Rambler Crest () is a housing development on

Tsing Yi Island Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...

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, which includes a

private housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Popular throughout the United States ...

, shopping mall and 3 hotels, namely Rambler Garden Hotel (), Rambler Oasis Hotel () and Winland 800 Hotel (). It was developed by

Cheung Kong Holdings Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, is a multinational conglomerate, based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015, as part of a major ...

. The name Rambler comes from the name of nearby channel,

Rambler Channel Rambler Channel is a body of water in Hong Kong that separates Tsing Yi Island from Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung in the New Territories. The channel separates the two landmasses by 900 metres at its widest point. Historically, the channel was known ...

. The 200 m (656 ft) private swimming pool at Rambler Crest is the longest swimming pool in Hong Kong.

Location

Rambler Crest was built on the former site of a Mobil oil depot, located on Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi, NT. To the east are Hutchison Telecom Building and Container Terminal No.9. To the northwest are

Cheung Ching Estate The following is an overview of public housing estates on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Subsidised Sale F ...

and

Mayfair Gardens Mayfair Gardens () is the first private housing estate on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. It was built by Sun Hung Kai Properties and established between 1982 and 1984. The estate is composed of eight residential buildings, namely Blocks 5 to 12. Es ...

History

The site was originally planned for hotel use only, rather than residential use because of its proximity to

Container Terminal 9 Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It evolved from four berths of Kwai Chung Container Port () completed in the 1970s. It later ...

already owned by Hutchison. However, the development turned out to be a slab block of 3 hotels at the front and 5 additional 40-storey residential blocks at the back. The residential complex consists of 800 units of 2 or 3 bedroom flats with Gross Floor Areas from approx. 680 - 950 square feet (63 - 88 square meter) (translating into net usable floor area of between 540 and 760 square feet (50 and 71 square meter)).

Hotels and shopping centre

The estate has a small shopping centre at the ground floor, and includes clubhouse facilities. There are three hotels, each with roughly 800 rooms.

Rambler Garden Hotel

The Rambler Garden Hotel is owned and managed by

Harbour Plaza Hotel Management Harbour Plaza Hotel Management () is a hospitality management company in Hong Kong. It is owned by Cheung Kong Property Holdings. The company currently manages 9 hotels in Hong Kong alone, China and the Bahamas, including Harbour Plaza Re ...

Rambler Oasis Hotel

The Rambler Oasis Hotel is owned and managed by Harbour Plaza Hotel Management.

Winland 800 Hotel

The Winland 800 Hotel is operated by Hong Kong-based Mexan Limited. It has 800 rooms and was formerly called Mexan Harbour Hotel.

Transport

There are two

Maxicab The public light bus or minibus is a public transport service in Hong Kong. It uses minibuses to serve areas that standard Hong Kong bus lines cannot reach efficiently. The vehicles are colloquially known by the code-switch ' (Van Jái) lite ...

lines in the estate: *88F to Tsing Yi MTR station *88G to Kwai Fong MTR station The nearest bus-stop is above the hill, at Tsing Yi Road, outside

which is well served by a number of

Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International. ...

service routes. A32 of

Long Win Bus Long Win Bus Company Limited (LWB; ) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It provides bus service between Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau New Town and the New Territories. It is a subsidiary of Transport I ...

is a direct bus service linking Rambler Crest to the

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distinguish ...

.Long Win Bus Company A32 Route
Retrieved 2 July 2018

References

External links

Rambler Crest Official Site
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