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Unshakable Dreams

    UNSHAKABLE DREAMS     I.                WELLINGTON   1.Alisdair’s Letter          My   first meeting with Alisdair Schultz took place during my days at   the Victoria University of Wellington. By then I had spent some ten years in   this fair   city   and consequently considered myself   an   Honorary   New   Zealander.   Alisdair's letter came when I was preparing an important document on behalf of the   Professorial   Board. The Government was seeking to abolish our generous sabbatical leave scheme. It was thought that a Report in its support, prepared by a professor who had migrated to New Zealand after   a   successful   career overseas, would sound convincing. I was expected to say that the leave   scheme had lured me away from thriving Singapore .  ...