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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 29, 1985
did for me. For years I've fought my own battles--not winning
any! Now I realize, thanks to your article, that we don't have to
cheat ourselves out of happiness anymore--all we need is faith
and the knowledge that we can call on our living Savior, Jesus
Christ, for help in times of need no matter how great or small
that need may be.
Mrs. D.V. (Pueblo, CO)
Recently, while reading the March issue of The GOOD NEWS, I was
greatly inspired by your article "Let God Fight Your Battles!" I
want to �hank you so much for writing it. It made me realize that
I had been trusting in God only in a halfhearted way, and our
trust in God must be 100 percent.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
T.G. (Flat Rock, MI)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
CHANNEL LINK GO-AHEAD GIVEN; ISRAEL'S PAINFUL PULLOUT;
SOUTH AFRICA: RADICALS FOMENT VIOLENCE
As indicated in our column in the February 1, 1985 PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT,
the on-again, off-again idea of creating a fixed English Channel link be
tween Britain and the Continent has been given new life. Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher and President Mitterrand of France gave it a push in
their November, 1984 bilateral summit.
Now both governments have given
their official approval to the project.
What remains now, reports the
March 22, 1985 DAILY TELEGRAPH, is the selection of the engineering model
to be used, plus final assurance of private financing.
Approval for a tunnel or bridge between Britain and France was
given by the two governments yesterday•••• Rival groups must sub
mit detailed schemes by October 31, and the Government will issue
guidelines in the next fortnight. The choice of builders will be
made by the year's end but no scheme will be considered unless
its promoters can convince governments they have enough cash to
complete the task without taxpayers' aid••••
Work could begin next year and take four or five years if all went
well.
In addition to the possible 50,000 workers involved on
either side promoters say it could later mean 8,000 extra perma
nent jobs in each country. Against this is a possible loss of
jobs on the ferries though trade has been increasing so much that
a tunnel or bridge could cope with only a fraction.
The leading British groups involved are the Channel Tunnel Group
and Euroroute. The former would build a seven-metre twin-bored
rail tunnel costing more than 2000 million pounds [$2 billion].
It would carry road vehicles on trains and both British and
French railways are proposed to pay rent•••• The Euroroute scheme
is far more ambitious and double the cost. It would have two two
lane carriageways for road vehicles and two rail tracks.
The
railway would be in coast to coast tunnel but the roads would go
out on viaducts to man-made islands before diving into a tunnel
for the central section. A third island would have to be built in
mid Channel for ventilation.