The importance of Human Factors is becoming increasingly apparent in the field of aircraft maintenance, as is also reflected by licensing requirements with respect to Human Factors in JAR-66 of the Joint Aviation Authorities. Introducing Human Factors into the aircraft maintenance organisation implicates a need for training, amongst other elements such as error reporting systems and error-tolerant aircraft design.

Human Factors training is considered necessary initially for Continuation Training, to offer the resent certified staff the opportunity to meet the requirements of JAR-66. In the long term, Human Factors should be integrated with technical training, within the company as well as ithin vocational training. This integration of Human factors and technical maintenance raining is expected to limit the extra time to training and increase the transfer to the aircraft aintenance practice.

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak reiterated today that 1Malaysia was not a new concept or formula and that its ultimate objective of national unity was the main vision of past leaders of the country, albeit in various forms.

"In other words, 1Malaysia is a concept to foster unity in Malaysians of all races based on several important values which should become the practice of every Malaysian," he said when replying to Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique (BN-Tenggara) during question time in the Dewan Rakyat.

Halimah had asked Najib, who is attending parliament for the first time as the prime minister, to clarify the 1Malaysia concept in terms of its implementation and assimilation by the plural society of the country and how it would contribute to the success of Vision 2020.

Najib said 1Malaysia was an approach not isolated from the hitherto policies of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government but complementary to existing approaches to further strengthen unity to ensure stability towards achieving greater progress and development for the people and country.

"1Malaysia is a formula which serves as a prerequisite to ensure realisation of the country's aspiration to achieve developed nation status by 2020 if it is assimilated in the people and practised by society.

In the struggles towards forging a national identity, great efforts have been taken to strengthen national unity in the country, which must be supported by all.

However, recently the state of unity has been fraying at the edges. Ethnic, linguistic and religious divides have deepened, causing genuine pain and hurt to many in our nation. Such a fragile state of unity should not have happened after 50 years of nation building.

New sustained efforts are urgently needed to rebuild our National Unity.