▁di - P ert uan ▁Ag ong ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁deser ving ▁figure ▁who ▁has ▁highly ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁nation . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁T aman ▁Tun ▁Dr . ▁Is mail ▁was ▁originally ▁a ▁ 2 8 6 - he ct are ▁piece ▁of ▁old ▁rub ber ▁estate ▁land ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁western ▁fr inge ▁of ▁K ual a ▁L ump ur ▁border ing ▁with ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Sel ang or . ▁Development ▁plans ▁for ▁T aman ▁Tun ▁Dr . ▁Is mail ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁when ▁two ▁experienced ▁developers ▁te amed ▁up ▁to ▁form ▁U DA - Se ap ark ▁S dn ▁B hd , ▁a ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁company ▁between ▁the ▁Urban ▁Development ▁Author ity ▁( U DA ), ▁the ▁Government ' s ▁arm ▁for ▁urban ▁planning ▁and ▁re development ▁and ▁SE A ▁H ous ing ▁Cor p . ▁S dn ▁B hd ., ▁a ▁prominent ▁private ▁development ▁company ▁head ed ▁by ▁the ▁well ▁known ▁phil anth rop ist , ▁the ▁late ▁Lee ▁Yan ▁L ian . ▁SE A ▁H ous ing ▁own s ▁the ▁town ship ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁area ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁considered ▁rural ▁and ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁being ▁too ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁metropol itan ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁condition ▁of ▁the ▁access ▁via ▁J al an ▁Dam ans ara ▁was ▁narrow , ▁w inding ▁and ▁un light ed ▁at ▁night . ▁U DA ▁saw ▁the ▁potential ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁joined ▁with ▁forces ▁and ▁expert ise ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁gi