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Jeffery Seow

@jefferyseow.bsky.social
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History researcher, British Penang and the Straits Settlements. 2xAZ + 2xPz. Masked-up in public except when eating. Real name. Real pic. Follows welcome. #Malaysia facebook.com/jeffery.seow Joined 25 Oct 2023.

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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What would you do if you suddenly realised the reason why so much built heritage in Malaysia has been (and is still being) lost is because everyone has been reading the law wrongly for the past twenty years? straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com
straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com
Straits Heritage Inquest (by Jeffery Seow)
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What would you do if you one day realise the reason why we have failed to protect so much built heritage from the wrecking ball is that everyone has been reading the law wrongly for the past twenty years?
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
1/ Let’s dissect the law on the Penang International Airport expansion vs. SJK (C) Chung Shan. Most believe a historic site requires formal gazetting to be protected. This is legally incorrect. Under the National Heritage Act 2005 [Act 645], heritage is an inherent status.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Phantom Inventory: Where are the Inventory, and the Registry? (And a Hundred Other Questions the Executive Hasn't Answered) April 15, 2026 straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com
The Phantom Inventory: Where are the Inventory, and the Registry? (And a Hundred Other Questions the Executive Hasn't Answered)
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Mandate of Memory: The Legal Imperative for the Gazettement of Light’s House and Well straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Mandate of Memory: The Legal Imperative for the Gazettement of Light’s House and Well
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
PENANG TOLAK TAMBAK MOVEMENT AND THE "ECOLOGY OF (IN)DIFFERENCE" straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/pena...
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PENANG TOLAK TAMBAK MOVEMENT AND THE "ECOLOGY OF (IN)DIFFERENCE"
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Gateway to Penang’s Past: A Case for the Gazettement of the Moon Gate straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com
The Gateway to Penang’s Past: A Case for the Gazettement of the Moon Gate
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Missing Seventh Section: A Case for the National Heritage Status of Jewish George Town straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Missing Seventh Section: A Case for the National Heritage Status of Jewish George Town
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Introduction This study identifies the specific individuals who provided labor and capital required to build the early colony. straitsheritageinquest.blogspot.com/2026/04/250-...
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250 Years of the Chinese in Penang (c. 1745–1995)
A forensic inquiry into the destruction of Penang’s heritage. Exposing the systemic failures in built, intangible, and environmental protection.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The 160-Year Echo – Correcting History's Scarlet Tape #ColonialHistory #MalayanEmpire #DecolonizeTheArchive #AttnAcquisitionEditors
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The 160-Year Echo – Correcting History's Scarlet Tape #AcquisitionEditors DM for details. #ColonialHistory #MalayanEmpire #DecolonizeTheArchive
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What if Malaya's 1861 'crisis' was empire's fake news? My *A Study in Scarlet Tape* proves it—with math. Thread: Fraud, forensics, and why it matters now. #DecolonialHistory #LarutUnmasked
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Everybody wants kung fu fighting
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Kaaa-meee-haaaa-meee-haaaaaaaaaa
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I am Dàshèng, (大聖), the Great Sage Equal To Heaven, lord of Hua Guo Shan, the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers, the Monkey King, Sun Wu Kong!
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
With just one wave, I'll blow it all away.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Battle through the heavens
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
One of the finest Art Deco enclaves in Asia - Burmah Square in George Town, Penang - is planned to be destroyed by a 27 story high rise complex with shopping malls and apartments. Most homes there are still intact and have not been changed since the 1920s. Please sign to help save it.
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Stop Penang Heritage to be destroyed by a new High Rise Complex
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Penang harbour with Kedah Peak in the background, from Foo Tye Sin's Tower. Original Description: The National Archives UK CO 1069-484-066 Description: View of Penang from Tie Sin's Tower. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1860-1900 Edits:: Stitched, Cropped, Upscaled.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Harbour From Foo Tye Sin's Tower. Keywords: 19th Century, Fort Point, Esplanade, Light Street, George Town, Penang, Kedah Peak, Strait of Penang. Original of this photo was from the UK National Archive's Flicker account. I've stitched, cropped, cleaned-up join lines, and upscaled the image.
The Harbour From Foo Tye Sin's Tower. 
Keywords: 19th Century, Fort Point, Esplanade, Light Street, George Town, Penang, Kedah Peak, Strait of Penang.

Original of this photo was from the UK National Archive's Flicker account. I've stitched, cropped, cleaned-up join lines, and upscaled the image.

Square rigged sailing vessels can be seen at anchor. Areca or Betel Nut or Pinang palms dot the foreground.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
St. Xavier’s Institution, Penang Pinang gazette and Straits chronicle - 2nd Edition, 20 July 1933, Page 22
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
St Xavier's Institution, Farquhar Street, Geore Town, Penang. 1924. Architect: Swan Maclaren & Craik, alteration, to main roof, Specification: New corrugated iron roof, additional roof over former flat roof, new plank floor
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
`St Xavier's Institution, Farquhar Street. Dormitory. 1924. Architect: C W Jackson ARIBA, alteration to floor levels, Specification: PC concrete roof, corrugated iron roof.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
St Xavier's Institution, Farquhar Street, 1924. Architect: Swan Maclaren & Craik, alteration, to dormitory roof, Specification: New corrugated iron roof, additional roof over former flat roof, parapet removed.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
St Xavier's Institution, Farquhar Street, 1924. Architect: Swan Maclaren & Craik, alteration, to dormitory roof, Specification: New corrugated iron roof, additional roof over former flat roof, parapet removed.
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Jeffery Seow @jefferyseow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
St Xavier's Institution, Farquhar Street, 1914. Architect: C W Jackson ARIBA, alteration, details of front façade, Specification: Cast Iron railing to mansard roof, wrought iron lettering set in cement, flat roof terrace. Hardwood, fixed and moveable louvres.
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