Combining information from official history books and local stories, Lam's two books--The Story of Macao Streets and The Story of Macao's Historical Buildings--simultaneously made the local top-ten bestseller list in 2005, while also boosting the years of research by Lam and his 100-plus students to prominence.
彙整了史書內容和街坊稗官野史的《澳門街道的故事》和《澳門歷史建築的故事》，在 2005 年同時登上當地文化廣場暢銷書排行榜前 10 名，也讓林發欽和上百位學生歷年來的探訪廣為人知。