On October 22, 2025, VIP HOUSE COMPANY LLC’ Partner Toh Tsun Lim, AIA, was invited as a keynote speaker at the inaugural “Hong Kong × New York Urban Planning Symposium,” held at the Museum of Arts and Design. Organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) with support from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York, the full-day event brought together more than one hundred planning professionals, government representatives, and academics from Hong Kong and the United States to exchange perspectives on urban regeneration and future city-building.

Mr. Lim delivered a presentation titled “Streetscape Integration of New Developments in Urban Regeneration: Flushing, NY and Fuzhou, China,” Through two case studies—the Special Flushing Waterfront District in New York and the Fuzhou Three Lanes Seven Alleys Guanglifang Hotel in the historic Sanfang Qixiang district in Fuzhou, China—he illustrated how thoughtful planning and architectural strategies can reconnect communities, open access to public waterfronts, and integrate contemporary development within sensitive heritage contexts. He later joined fellow speakers in a Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Peter Cookson Smith, Past President of HKIP. The session invited candid dialogue on planning challenges faced by world-class cities—from zoning and public-realm improvements to community-driven regeneration.