Mavis Colleen Scharenguivel

1932
21st November 1932 : Born In Penang
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1946
1946 – 1950 : Raffles Girls School
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1949
1949 : University of Malaya
"I helped in the founding of the newspaper called the Undergrad. I was the production manager. My brother George, Federal Judge Wan Suleiman, Beda Lim were the original editors. At that time I had a little talent in collecting money. So I went to my friends in Johor Bahru government...
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1955
1955 : Mavis Graduated with Honours
Mavis graduated with honours in Economics in June 1955  and then left to study for Masters in Public Administration in Manila, returning to Singapore in July 1956. I worked under Lee Sheridan as Research Assistant in the University of Malaya Law Department for a few months. In December 1956 I...
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1956
1956 : Masters in Manila
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1957
1957 : Entering the Civil Service
"On 1st October 1956, on the recommendation of Professor Silcock, professor of economics, in whose faculty she had been an undergraduate, Miss Mavis Scharenguival, recently returned from Manila with an M.A. in public administration, was appointed as research assistant with a view to establishing a bibliography. (She left before long...
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1959
8th June 1959 : Married Mavis Scharenguivel
James married Mavis Colleen Scharenguivel under special licence on the 8th June 1959. James and Mavis always celebrated their wedding anniversary on the 3rd June. This was the day that James was allowed out from the camp and went to stay with Mavis at Clifton. He returned to the camp...
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1st September 1959 : Mavis Sacked by Bryne
Mavis was sacked from her post as Assistant Director (Administration) at the Social Welfare Department. The Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K.M Byrne, said "her appointment became temporary when she married." "At that time it was the ruling that once a woman married she lost her status on the...
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1st October 1959 : Mavis Joins Ministry of Education
"Mrs. James Puthucheary has been appointed Assistant Secretary "B" at the Singapore Ministry of Education in Kay Siang Road.
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1963
Early January 1963 : Mavis Was Sacked Again
"In January 1963 I was again sacked, without reasons given. James immediately told me that it was likely that he would be arrested shortly and on 2nd February Operation Cold Store took place."Mavis Puthucheary
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9th February 1963 : Offer Of “Assistance” From Lee Kuan Yew
Mavis was sacked from her job in the civil service in January 1963. She was served with a notice of dismissal from her post of Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education for "security reasons". This was prior to the Operation Cold Store and led James to believe he would be arrested...
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2nd May 1963 : Mavis Delivers A Baby Boy At Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
The idea to have Juarez born in Kuala Lumpur was because Special Branch in Kuala Lumpur said they would accommodate visits by James to see Mavis in the hospital. So James told Mavis to come up to Kuala Lumpur to have the baby. The Straits Time 10th May 1963
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November 1963 : University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur
Mavis got a job as Administrative Assistant in the Registrar’s Office of the University of Malaya and left Singapore in late November 1963.
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