Chen currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Junior Statesmen Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Partnership for the Future of Medicare. He is a member of the Committee of 100, a membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans.
Komodo dragons are the world's largest lizards. They live on the islands of Komodo, Rinca and other tiny surrounding islands, and on the westernmost part of Flores Island in Indonesia. Komodo is west of Flores, east of Sumbawa, and north of Sumba. If you are an ordinary person, you can only reach Komodo by boat.
Tourists can take a paddlboat tour to explore one of the caves and more adventurous visitors can go caving, rock climbing in various different locations. Komodo Island, one of the 17.508 islands that make up Indonesia, is the home of the Komodo Dragon and one of only seven places in the world wit beaches of pink sand. It's National Park, formed in 1980 is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the endangered dragon.