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A Dashed Dream Part I

David was a naughty boy who had never concentrated on his studies but had frittered away his time. He wished that he would be s senior officer on board a ship when he grew up so that he could order seamen about and go round the world impressively.

When he finished Form III, he did not want to go on with his studies. He knew some of his elder brother’s friends had brought about their wishes to be seamen through the training programme of the Hongkong United Dockyards Ltd.. Therefore, when the dockyard enrolled new trainees in the same programme, he went to enter his name for it, bringing the school report with him. As soon as the person in charge had a look at the report, he shook his head and told David that he was below the mark and therefore could not be admitted. He left the dockyard disappointedly.