Rifle Range Flats, the 15-minute city

By LO TERN CHERN

Nation
Saturday, 19 Jul 2025

Home on the Range: The development includes 3,663 residential units, 65 shoplots and 13 accessory units. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

Exhibit celebrates last standing relic of post-Independence housing in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: Older Kuala Lumpur folk visiting Penang’s Rifle Range Flats may feel nostalgic as the blocks mirror the capital’s once-iconic Pekeliling Flats, which were demolished years ago.

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Tags / Keywords: Exhibit , Penang , Rifle Range Flats , post-Independence , urbanisation , public housing , Industrialised Building System , 15-Minute City , community , affordable homes

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