黃生攝。Photo by Wong Sang.澳門造船業曾有過輝煌歷史,至上世紀九十年代才漸沒落，在八十年代，沙梨頭至青洲,筷子基一帶仍有很多船廠,兩岸邊則有不少人居於俗稱，『登陸艇』的小船或近海邊搭建的棚屋，隨著造船業的消失，該區現已變成居廈林立。 Macau’s ship building industry were prosperous till the 1990s. At the end of the 80s, numerous ship yards could be found near Patane, llha Verde, and Fai Chi Kei. Many people lived in small boats, also known as “Landing Crafts,” or huts near the coast.However, as the ship building industry withered, taller residential buildings were built in these areas.