But the river was not kind to the people who settled on the southern bank and they eventually moved further east to a place called Ma-tse Yuan, which in 1902 became known as Hsinkang.
這條溪的侵蝕力仍不斷向南發展，居住在笨南港的泉州人不得不另覓生活空間。最後他們遷往笨南港東方的麻仔園，稱新南港，至光緒二十七年時改名為新港。