Honorific Prefix: | Kapitan China | ||||||||||||
Seah Tee Heng | |||||||||||||
Residence: | Johor Bahru Malaysia | ||||||||||||
Death Date: | 1884 | ||||||||||||
Office: | Members to the Council of State of Johor | ||||||||||||
Term End: | 1884 | ||||||||||||
Office2: | Kapitan Cina of Johor | ||||||||||||
Term Start2: | 1869 | ||||||||||||
Term End2: | 1884 | ||||||||||||
Predecessor2: | Kapitan Tan Cheng Hung | ||||||||||||
Successor2: | Major Tan Hiok Nee (as Major Cina) | ||||||||||||
Constituency2: | Johor | ||||||||||||
Children: | Seah Leng Chye | ||||||||||||
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Kapitan China Seah Tee Heng (; ? – 1884), also known as Seah Tai Heng, was one of two Chinese members to the Council of State with Tan Hiok Nee. In about 1871, he appointed as third Kapitan China of Johor after Kapitan Tan Kee Soon and Kapitan Tan Cheng Hung. http://www.nanyang.com/node/435417 He held the kangchu concession for Sekudai Ulu and had a gambier and pepper firm in Johor Bahru. The road starting from Istana Besar to Johor Bahru General Hospital formerly known as Jalan Tai Heng, named after him. But after the 1970s, this road has been renamed as Jalan Tun Dr Ismail and Jalan Abu Bakar.
He is the father of Seah Leng Chye.