Unfortunately times change. With the development of industry and commerce, rising wages, and other factors, pineapples retired from their role at the cutting edge of exports, unable to meet competition from the Philippines and Thailand.
只可惜時移境遷，工商業的發達，加上工資過高等原因，在無法與菲律賓、泰國競爭之下，外銷市場的開路先鋒﹘﹘鳳梨不得不退陣下來。