Birds fly by night, flats clean by day


GEORGE TOWN: Flocks of pigeons which had taken over at least five units of Rifle Range Flats in Ayer Itam were finally “evicted” by Penang Island City Council (MBPP).

Council workers and officers, accompanied by state Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo and MBPP secretary Datuk Addnan Mohd Razali entered one of the abandoned units after breaking the lock.

Before and after: (above) Shamsul Rizam Shahidan examining the living room of an abandoned unit at the Rifle Range flats next door to his home. (Below) MBPP workers finishing  the clean-up of one of the abandoned units. — CHAN BOON KAI/The StarBefore and after: (above) Shamsul Rizam Shahidan examining the living room of an abandoned unit at the Rifle Range flats next door to his home. (Below) MBPP workers finishing the clean-up of one of the abandoned units. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

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