This page covers press coverage, social media mentions, and public references.
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWS, FEATURES, MEDIA MENTIONS, AND BROADCASTS
CNA, “Lost Plantations – How Singapore Built Its Riches With These Crops“, 20 October 2025, 10pm.
Chantal Sajan, “Teochew towkay’s restored House of Tan Yeok Nee to open on Nov 1“, in The Straits Times, 17 October 2025.
Arts House Group, “Name Dropping: The Legacy of Singapore’s Street Names“, in Singapore Writers Festival, 2025.
Australasian College of Legal Medicine, “Awards Dinner Guest Speaker: Shawn Seah”, in Speakers Abstracts, 2025.
IN Diplomacy, “An Emerald Tale Comes Alive at the Peranakan Museum This June“, in IN Diplomacy, 11 June 2025.
National Heritage Board, “Community Voices at Peranakan Museum: An Emerald Tale“, in Peranakan Museum, 7 June 2025.
Singapore Book Publishers Association and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, “Fact Attack! Making Non-Fiction Fun and Fascinating“, in Singapore Children’s Book Festival, 2025.
CNA938, “CNA938 Rewind – Doing it for the Kids: AFCC 2025“, in ‘Culture Club’ with Melanie Oliveiro, 21 April 2025.
Singapore Book Council, “Discovering Singapore’s History: Adapting War Narratives into Meaningful and Engaging Children’s Stories“, in Asian Festival of Children’s Content: Discovery, 2025.
Chin Soo Fang, “Grit, charity, courage: New children’s books salute WWII heroes Ee Peng Liang, Elizabeth Choy“, in The Straits Times, 8 February 2025.
Amanda Goh, “Baba Nyonya Literary Festival returns for its third edition“, in Tatler Asia, 22 July 2024.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, “Historical Storyteller: I Had An Amazing Year in 2023“, 14 February 2024 (story first appeared in AlumNUS on 1 January 2024).
NUS Office of Alumni Relations, “Historical Storyteller: ‘I Had An Amazing Year in 2023”, 1 January 2024.
CNA, TV interview on Bendemeer House on ROOTS: A Greening Journey: Searching Across The World For Trees For Singapore’s Gardens By The Bay (originally ROOTS: A Greening Journey – A Garden City’s Latin American Roots, 15 December 2023, at 10pm).
CNA938, “Daily Cuts – The stories of Our Amazing Pioneers“, in ‘Life&Style’ with Melanie Oliveiro, 4 December 2023.
NUS Office of Alumni Relations, NUS Alumni Awards 2023, 2 November 2023.
NUS Office of Alumni Relations, “NUS Alumni Awards 2023: Celebrating outstanding changemakers and trailblazers“, in NUSNews, 2 November 2023.
Ng Mei Yan, “Don’t Give Up Reading To Your Kid Just Yet — Here’s How“, in The Singapore Women’s Weekly, 19 October 2023.
Kiss92, “Our Amazing Pioneers: Seah Eu Chin – The King of Gambier and Pepper – Tutorial Version“, in Book Monsters Season 2, 8 September 2023.
Kiss92, “Our Amazing Pioneers: Seah Eu Chin – The King of Gambier and Pepper“, in Book Monsters Season 2, 8 September 2023.
Singapore Global Network, “Stories of Singapore: Local Authors and Their Stories“, in https://singaporeglobalnetwork.gov.sg/, 14 July 2023.
Winnie Li, “Yip Yew Chong’s hand-painted bumboats on exhibit at Asian Civilisations Museum till May 31, 2023“, in Mothership, 27 May 2023.
Chin Soo Fang, “Celebrating S’pore’s early pioneers on the King of Gambier’s bicentenary“, in The Straits Times, 8 March 2023.
CNA, TV interview on the Punggol Zoo on Lost Waterfronts: The Mysteries, 8 January 2023, at 9pm.
CNA938, radio interview on Your Singapore Weekend with Susan Ng and Justine Moss, 19 June 2022, at 7.45am.
Gayle Goh, “Tales of a place formerly known as Aukang“, in The Business Times, 7 January 2022.
Hey, You Got Mail: Story for a Story, featured three short stories adapted from My Father’s Kampung: “Badminton During Kampung Days”, “Property During Kampung Days”, and “Hawkers in the Kampung”, in Hey, You Got Mail: Story for a Story, 2021.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, “The History of Montfort by Shawn Seah“, 2021.
Nyonya Linda Chee, “Seah Liang Seah: King of the Streets”, in The Peranakan, Issue 2, 2020 (released in April 2021).
Denise Lee, “Preserving History with Shawn Seah”, in THEMISSNISE, 1 September 2020.
Singapore Heritage Festival 2020, “Grandfather Stories”, by Shawn Seah, 2020.
Stan Neal, “Mediators, migrants and memories of colonial Singapore: the life and legacy of Seah Eu Chin”, in Singapore – Two Hundred Years of the Lion City, edited by Anthony Webster and Nicholas J. White (Oxford: Routledge, 2020).
Patricia Tan, “From tycoons to government servants: The early owners of Windsor Park”, December 2019, revised July 2023.
Mackerel, “Searching for My Roots”, by Shawn Seah, on 29 September 2019.
Melody Zaccheus, “Descendants of seven pioneers gather to share family histories“, in The Straits Times, 24 September 2019.
University Scholars Programme: “USP Alum Launches His Second Book on His Ancestors’ Long History in Singapore“, May 2019.
Melody Zaccheus, “Singapore’s original Crazy Rich Asian”, in The Sunday Times, 10 March 2019.
The Singapore Memory Project, Memory of Seah Eu Chin: “The story of Shawn Seah’s family is inextricably linked to Singapore’s…”, 1 August 2018.
NON-ENGLISH NEWS, FEATURES, MEDIA MENTIONS, AND BROADCASTS
Chinese
佘立松, “职总就业保障联盟新启航“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 21 November 2025.
陈宇昕, “亚洲少儿读物节 发掘说书新趋势“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 3 March 2025.
一波, “祖籍汕头，新加坡“甘蜜胡椒王”及潮人社群领袖佘有进的璀璨人生“, in 观察者 (Guan Cha), 15 November 2024.
胡洁梅, “职总报告：去年我国更多被裁者 用更长时间找到工作“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 23 September 2024.
刘钰铃, “哈莉玛获颁国大杰出校友奖“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 3 November 2023.
许翔宇, “文物局支持纪念佘有进项目 让年轻一代了解先贤贡献“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 26 September 2023.
天下潮商传媒, “因建树卓越新加坡四条街道以这位潮商父子命名，一门走出“四局绅”“, in 搜狐网 (Sohu.com), 19 January 2023.
梁嘉洧、黄俐恩、陈乐璇翻译, “佘连城“, in 源 (Yuan), 30 October 2022.
安焕然, “安焕然.好赌？必要的魔鬼!“, in 星洲网 (Sin Chew Daily), 28 November 2021.
黄涓, “甘蜜种植业为繁荣打下基础“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 9 August 2021.
新加坡宗乡会馆联合总会, “148期《源》杂志出版了，来看看这一期有哪些精彩内容吧“, in 搜狐网 (Sohu.com), 7 January 2021.
孙宽, “先贤之后 抗疫先锋: 佘有进后裔佘立松之素描“, in 源 (Yuan), December 2020.
新加坡眼, “有进街，新加坡这条路，你一定走过“, in 新加坡眼 (Yan.sg), November 2020.
陈爱薇, “退潮前 寻后港小潮州“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 4 October 2020.
World Scientific, “新加坡有4条街道以这个家族的成员命名“, in 搜狐网 (Sohu.com), 26 August 2020.
陈爱薇, “后人觅佘连城怪遗嘱踪迹“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 2 August 2020.
柯木林, “先贤后裔“, in Kua Bak Lim, 2020 and 2023.
Minister Josephine Teo in 狮城有约, broadcast on 13 January 2020:
有一位年轻人，他就觉得他的先辈在新加坡的经历很有趣。经过了一番的研究，他出了两本书。那，这个先辈是谁呢？就是大家可能有听说过的Liang Seah Street 的佘连城，还有他的先辈是佘有进先生。那，他们的应该说的是第五代的后辈，叫佘立松，他就出版了这两本书。
卞和, “延续先辈交情 六名门后裔与莱佛士后人本地聚首“, in 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), 23 September 2019.
Capital 95.8 FM, Mandarin radio interview broadcast from 16 July (Tuesday) to 18 July (Thursday) 2019, at 9.15pm.
Indonesian
Moyang Kasih Dewi Merdeka, “Saat Buyut Seah Ling Seah Bercerita”, in Tempo, 4 July 2020.
VIDEOS
World Scientific Education‘s video on “Teach your children the power of courage and resilience“.
World Scientific Education‘s video on “Looking to inspire your child with meaningful stories?“.
Readers’ House‘s video on “Book-terview with Mr Shawn Seah, a writer and advocate on Singapore’s heritage and history“.
Readers’ House‘s video on “How many of us can actually say with honesty: “This is MY Grandfather’s road!”?“
World Scientific Education‘s video on “Get the Bookset ‘Our Amazing Pioneers’ on Lazada“.
The Peranakan Association Singapore‘s video on the 2nd Baba-Nyonya Literary Festival 2022 Day 2 featuring (among others) Robert Yeo, Josephine Chia, Walter Woon, and Shawn Seah.
Singapore Book Publishers Association‘s video on Singapore Book Award 2021 Finalist: My Father’s Kampung (promotional trailer).
The Peranakan Association Singapore‘s video on Seah Liang Seah: King of the Streets.
National Archives of Singapore‘s video recordings of (i) Shawn Seah’s personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (Disk 1, recorded 22 February 2021) and (ii) Shawn Seah’s personal experiences as a heritage enthusiast (Disk 2, recorded 1 March 2021).
Genealogy Society Singapore‘s video recording of 星岛寻根之旅 . 佘立松华语线上讲演; 2020年《佘有进的风云际会》新书发售, 12 December 2020, 3pm.
World Scientific‘s video recording of “Kopi Talk: Literary Pioneers of Aukang“, 6 December 2020, 3pm.
World Scientific‘s video recording of My Father’s Kampung Zoom and Facebook Live e-launch, co-organised by World Scientific and Montfort Alumni, 19 September 2020, 3pm.
Ng Kwok Hua and team, Episode 180 “His Ancestor was The Gambier King of Singapore“, on Project WYAT (What’s Your Advice Today), a ground-up social media initiative. Episode 180 is also available on YouTube.
Ng Kwok Hua, A Special Edition “Shawn Seah and His Father’s Kampung“, on Project WYAT (What’s Your Advice Today), a ground-up social media initiative.
BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MENTIONS
SGVisionaries.com, “Meet Shawn Seah: Preserving Singapore’s Past Through the Power of Storytelling“, in Inspiring Stories of Success and Innovation in Singapore and Overseas, on SGVisionaries.com, 28 October 2025.
Foo Cexiang, “What stories will our alleys tell us if they could talk?“, on Facebook, 4 September 2025.
Jing Shan Primary School, “History came alive at assembly today!“, on Instagram, 18 August 2025.
Jing Shan Primary School, “History came alive at assembly today!“, on Facebook, 15 August 2025.
World Scientific Education, “We’re excited to be part of the 16th Asian Festival of Children’s Content“, on Facebook, 16 May 2025.
World Scientific Education, “We’re excited to be part of the 16th Asian Festival of Children’s Content“, on Instagram, 16 May 2025.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content, “Discovering Singapore’s History: Adapting War Narratives into Meaningful and Engaging Children’s Stories“, on Instagram, 13 May 2025.
Reuben Ng, “Accuracy in Review: Our Amazing Heroes“, in The Occupation, 15 April 2025.
Dean Koh, “A Passion for Historical Storytelling“, on Medium, 6 April 2025.
Kamalika, “[Book Review] Elizabeth Choy: Singapore’s Kind Heroine (Our Amazing Heroes)“, in Pages and Musings, 10 February 2025.
Kamalika, “[Book Review] Ee Peng Liang: Singapore’s Father of Charity (Our Amazing Heroes)“, in Pages and Musings, 9 February 2025.
Kamalika, “[Book Review] Ho Weng Toh: Singapore’s Flying Tiger (Our Amazing Heroes)“, in Pages and Musings, 7 February 2025.
Kamalika, “[Book Review] Seah Eu Chin: The King of Gambier and Pepper (Our Amazing Pioneers series)“, in Pages and Musings, 14 December 2024.
Great Eastern, “I’m Shawn Seah (39), and I’m a historical storyteller“, on Instagram, 27 August 2024.
World Scientific Education, “What an amazing session with Shawn Seah at at the 3rd edition of the Baba Nyonya Literary Festival (Day 1)! Thank you to Shawn for sharing about his book series, Our Amazing Pioneers, and his Peranakan heritage!“, on Facebook, 29 July 2024.
Nicolas Chrétien, “In this age of technology, where words are shortened, icons are used instead of words, and we are all moving at a faster and faster pace, Singaporean writers emerge as the heroes of our time. Mr. Shawn Seah, a direct descendant of one of Singapore’s most prominent pioneers, Seah Eu Chin, is one of them“, on LinkedIn, February 2024.
NUS Office of Alumni Relations, “[I have learnt] that with determination and focus, we can achieve any goal we set our minds to. It is a testament to the potential within each of us to overcome challenges and turn aspirations into reality”, on LinkedIn, 8 January 2024.
Kimberly Chew, “Reading is a good habit, don’t you think so? Featured here is Our Amazing Pioneers, the people who travelled from distant lands to seek out adventure and fortune in early Singapore“, on missywinter, Instagram, 16 May 2023.
Teochew Kosong blog, “Teochew Organizations – Ngee Ann Kongsi“, in Teochew Kosong, 1 June 2022.
Jerome Lim, “(Book Launch) My Father’s Kampung: A History of Aukang and Punggol“, in The Long and Winding Road, 17 September 2020.
Janelle Yong, “What To Do This Phase 2 Weekend (3-5 Jul)“, in Wonderwall.SG, 2 July 2020. A commissioned image of Seah family plantations and properties (digitally recreated by artist Jeyasoorya) was featured on Wonderwall.SG as part of Singapore Heritage Festival 2020 coverage.
Singapore Bicentennial Office, “People behind the Singapore Bicentennial“, 2019.
The Peranakan Association Singapore – TPAS, post that shared that Lee Su Kim, Shawn Seah, and Chan Eng Thai would be at the inaugural Baba Nyonya Literary Festival (2019), 25 June 2019.
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES AND BOOK CATALOGUES
WorldCat Identities, “Shawn Seah“.
Library of Congress, “Shawn Seah“.
Goodreads, “Shawn Seah“.
LibraryThing, “Shawn Seah“.
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