Funding of Monument Policy Plan to be presented Thursday; Presentation also slated for monument owners and stakeholders.

GREAT BAY:--- On Thursday at 11.00am a presentation will be made about the Multi Annual Monument Policy Plan 2009 to Herman George, Director of the Curacao Monument Fund, who will also be meeting with members of the Executive Council.

The Multi Annual Monument Policy Plan 2009, which was approved by the Executive Council August 4. The content of the plan will also be shared with monument owners, stakeholders, and civil servants who have been invited to attend a presentation about the policy plan to be given by the Directorate of Programs & Projects scheduled for Thursday at 3.00pm to 4.30pm in the A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall in the Government Administration Building.

Herman George will be discussing with the Executive Council a number of matters related to Monument Preservation and the funding of a Monument Fund for St. Maarten that will give soft loans and subsidies to monument property owners on behalf of the St. Maarten Government.

The Executive Council has already designated 22 official monuments, which have been entered into the Monument Registry.

Another 23 potential monuments out of a list of 82 will soon be submitted by the VROM Department to the Executive Council for consideration and designation.