Tai-kam Island is, as the crow flies, about one hundred miles from the Southern metropolis. It has become famous as a leper colony not only because of its wonderful and unique place and big plans that promise to make it a model leper colony in China, but also because it has a historical significance. The late Dr. Wu Ting-fang, admiring the sacrificial spirit and indefatigable efforts of Rev. and Mrs. John Lake in trying to help the poor lepers in the Sz Yap and the Canton Delta Districts, personally went to the island with the latter for $5,000 and gave it unconditionally to Mr. Lake for carrying on his noble work. In his general letter of introduction dated October 24, 1921, he said:
"Rev. Lake of Canton, China, has for more than ten years been engaged in the amelioration of conditions among the lepers in Kwangtung Province, especially in the Sz Yap and the Canton Delta Districts. He has now received the recognition and aid of the Missions to Lepers and of the American Mission to Lepers, and has formulated comprehensive plans for the segregation and care of all the lepers in that vast and populous section. ... I have purchased and donated the small island of his own choice in Kwangtung province called 'Tai-kam'..."

We landed at the North Bay of Tai-kam Island, where we saw that the first unit of six permanent buildings was about half finished; two splendid piers were already completed; and two strongly built sailing boats of the colony lying in the harbour. .. ..
there is nothing left to be desired for building up a sanitary, industrial, and self-supporting leper colony so far as the place is concerned. With proper talent and sufficient financial backing it can easily be made the Culion of China. But Tai-kam has its great handicap in that it is so far away from Canton and other cities and it is so difficult to get there on account of the activities of robbers and pirates that it seems as though it were inaccessible.