however the figure is still much higher than those for europe teu and north america teu the southeast asian subregion has the highest figure in asia and the pacific at teu per million of gdp whereas the north and central asian subregion has the smallest figure at teu all subregions in asia and the pacific have experienced solid growth of between and per cent per annum in their air transport passenger numbers with the exception being the pacific subregion which still grew but by a modest per cent within the concept of sti importance is placed not only on developing and utilizing new technologies but also on learning to use existing technologies enhancing local absorption capacity and transferring knowledge to meet the needs of cross sections of society