Eurlings will addres, among other things, the effects of the new relationships on air connections.
In addition, he will conduct talks in Curaçao with the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles, Mr Goedgedrag, and with the Minister of Tourism and Transport of Aruba, Mr Briesen. He will also speak with the Antillean Minister of Traffic and Transport, Mr Adriaens.
In the margin of his participation in the aviation conference the minister will speak in Bonaire with the newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, Mr Thodé, and representatives of the airport and the island government about the renovation of Flamingo Airport. The runways of the airport need repairing with a view to air traffic safety. In Bonaire Eurlings will also pay a visit to the Regional Service Centre. Onthis visit he will be accompanied by Henk Kamp, Commissioner for Bonaire, St.Eustatius and Saba since January 1st. The inhabitants of the island can apply to the
Regional Service Centre to ask questions about Bonaire's new position as a special municipality of the Netherlands. The object of the centre is to improve education, security, popular health and the infrastructure of the islands.
Curaçao and St. Maarten will become countries within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, the BES islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) will become parts of the Netherlands.