黃生攝。Photo by Wong Sang.隨著時代發展，澳門造船業沒落，八十年代末,沙梨頭林茂區一帶已填海造地，一間結業的船廠四周已無流水，只留下殘破的廠房和未搬走的造船用木材和機器。Macau’s ship building industry declined as the wheel of time rolled. Lands in Lam Mau area in Patane were reclaimed in the late 1980s. What remained in a deserted ship yard were the wrecked factory along with some ship building machinaries and woods.