[2] Chen is well known for his effort on the alternative learning profile of students in the Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools (DSS)[3][4][5] as well as his view on the second language teaching in Hong Kong.
His works included continuing and sustaining the international curriculum (UK IGCSE and GCE A/AS-Level syllabuses)[19] and a number of school campus development projects.
[19] He promoted the school through the public events like Family Fun Fair,[32][33] the International Night[34][35][36] and the International Fun Fair (IFF) which promoted the school with the participation of the ethnic groups,[37][38][39][40] featuring the songs and dances of different countries worldwide.
Teachers are told by Chen to enforce this little rule on a regular basis, devoting the time and energy they could use to prepare or make up lessons on it.
[50] During the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, Chen's secondary school issued a notice in November 2019 announcing the resumption of classes.
The article mentioned that the school was notified that games and social networking platforms were recently used to "entice, pressure and intimidate students into participating in protests in return for payment".
Chen received an inquiry from Apple Daily and said that the above news was notified by a staff member of the Education Bureau.
While the epidemic situation hinders parents' livelihood, Chen governed the school to help bail out the tuition fees for next academic year.
[52] In February 2021, Chen arranged for teachers to be forced COVID-19 testing and change the whole school to resume classes, as the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong has fallen after the Lunar New Year.
[1][55][56][57][58] Chen became the chairman of Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council, the chairman of Association of School Heads of Islands District, the councilor of Hong Kong Principals' Institute, the deputy school supervisor of San Wui Commercial Society YMCA of Hong Kong Christian School,[14] the vice-chairman of Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation (HKSSF) Tsuen Wan & Islands Secondary School Areas Committee, the member of District Fight Crime Committee (Islands District) and Islands Youth Programme Committee, the district commissioner of New Territories Region and Lantau Island District, Scout Association of Hong Kong, the committee Member of Canoe Polo Committee of International Canoe Federation and the treasurer of E-club of Lantau, Rotary District 3450.
Every year students who preferably study Physics can be selected through an interview to participate in the Future Pilot Training Programme organized by the Hong Kong Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools Council.
However, when the government decided to issue red tourism warnings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong to all overseas countries, travel agencies and airlines took the initiative to contact Chen and the schools to discuss compensation arrangements.
[62] The IGCSE and GCE examinations were cancelled, though Chen claimed that the DSS schools were not too worried about the impact on further education of students, as most of them have already obtained conditional offers by that time.
[67][68][69] With the large range of meaningful alternative learning profile, the school provides flexible homework to students.
[19][31][44][87] As a school in Hong Kong being subsidised by the government, it has the responsibility to conduct classes of Chinese language.
[31] They have lack of motivation of learning Chinese, and have insufficient ability to handle the knowledge and skill of this second language.